Popular Bible Verses from Genesis 37

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One night, Joseph had a dream and he told his brothers about it. When they heard about the dream, Joseph's brothers hated him even more than they did before.

Jacob loved Joseph more than he loved any of his other sons. This was because Joseph was born when Jacob was old. So Jacob made a beautiful long robe for Joseph.

Joseph's brothers knew that Jacob loved him more than he loved them. So they hated Joseph. They could not say anything kind to him.

Then Joseph had another dream and he told his brothers about it. He said, ‘Listen to me. I have had another dream. This is what happened: The sun, the moon and 11 stars bent down in front of me.’

Joseph's brothers were very jealous of him. But Jacob thought carefully about what Joseph had said.

Joseph said to his brothers, ‘Listen to what happened in my dream. We were out in the field tying the crops together into bundles. Then my bundle stood up. Your bundles stood in a circle round my bundle. And all your bundles bent down to give honour my bundle.’

We will kill him. We can throw him into one of the dry wells. We can tell people that a wild animal ate him. Then his dreams will never become true!’

When the Midianite traders came near, Joseph's brothers pulled Joseph out of the dry well. They sold him to the Ishmaelites for 20 silver coins. The Ishmaelites took Joseph with them to Egypt.

They said to each other, ‘Here comes the man who likes to dream!

Joseph's brothers recognized him while he was still far away. Before he reached them, they decided on a way to kill him.

Do not even get his blood on your hands. Just throw him into this dry well here in the wilderness. But do not attack him.’ Reuben said this to save Joseph, so that his brothers would not kill him. Reuben wanted to take Joseph back to his father.