Joseph had many trials, had much unjust treatment

First he is sold into slavery for no just reason. Later he is falsely accused of sexual immorality because he will not engage in immorality, and is thrown into prison.

Jesus likewise will not be a part of misconduct, and denounces it, and becomes a political target.

“Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.”
Mtt 22:15 WEB

“They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.”
MTT 26:4 WEB

Joseph was symbolically killed

He was committed to a pit with plans to kill him. “Come now therefore, and let’s kill him, and cast him into one of the pits …” Gen 37:20 WEB. It was a pit with no water in it, Gen 37:24.

Hades (Greek) or Sheol (Hebrew) is the world of the dead. It also is associated with a pit.

“Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol.
You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.”
Psa 30:3 WEB

“For Sheol can’t praise you, death can’t celebrate you:
Those who go down into the pit can’t hope for your truth.”
Isa 38:18 WEB

It is called in Greek abussos, the abyss, or bottomless, Rev 9:1, Rom 10:7. Further, as a prison it is a place without water.

“… I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water.”
Zech 9:11 WEB

The rich man in hades, in anguish in the flames, pleads for Lazarus to be sent with a drop of cool water to cool his tongue, Lk 16:24

Both Joseph and Jesus were sold for silver

Then Joseph was sold out by his brothers for silver. He was at least symbolically killed, and to at least his dad, he was sincerely counted as dead.

Jesus was sold out by His brother Jews, opposed and targeted because he will not turn a blind eye toward their abuses of others, or their abuses of Scripture. Jesus was also betrayed for silver, a mere thrity pieces, Mtt 26:15. He was quite literally murdered in a rigged trial, when it was known that He was innocent of all of the charges.

Joseph was rescued from the pit

“and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. ”
Gen 37:28 WEB

Symbolically Joseph is rescued from death. Jesus told ahead of time that He would spend three days and three nights in the heart of the earth, Mtt 12:40.

“or, ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)”
Rom 10:7 WEB

During that time Jesus preached to the spirits in prison to those who died in the flood.

“19 in which he also went and preached to the spirits in prison, 20 who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, …”
1Pe 3:19-20

And of course, Jesus was rescued from death, never to die again.

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