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Genesis 37:5
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One night Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him more than ever.
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Genesis 37:3
Jacob loved Joseph more than any of his other children because Joseph had been born to him in his old age. So one day Jacob had a special gift made for Joseph—a beautiful robe.
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Genesis 37:4
But his brothers hated Joseph because their father loved him more than the rest of them. They couldn’t say a kind word to him.
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Genesis 37:9
Soon Joseph had another dream, and again he told his brothers about it. “Listen, I have had another dream,” he said. “The sun, moon, and eleven stars bowed low before me!”
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Genesis 37:11
But while his brothers were jealous of Joseph, his father wondered what the dreams meant.
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Genesis 37:6-7
“Listen to this dream,” he said. “We were out in the field, tying up bundles of grain. Suddenly my bundle stood up, and your bundles all gathered around and bowed low before mine!”
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Genesis 37:20
“Come on, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns. We can tell our father, ‘A wild animal has eaten him.’ Then we’ll see what becomes of his dreams!”
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Genesis 37:28
So when the Ishmaelites, who were Midianite traders, came by, Joseph’s brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to them for twenty pieces of silver. And the traders took him to Egypt.
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Genesis 37:19
“Here comes the dreamer!” they said.
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Genesis 37:18
When Joseph’s brothers saw him coming, they recognized him in the distance. As he approached, they made plans to kill him.
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Genesis 37:22
“Why should we shed any blood? Let’s just throw him into this empty cistern here in the wilderness. Then he’ll die without our laying a hand on him.” Reuben was secretly planning to rescue Joseph and return him to his father.
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