Popular Bible Verses from Genesis 37

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One time Joseph had a special dream. Later, he told his brothers about this dream, and after that his brothers hated him even more.

Joseph was born at a time when his father Israel was very old, so Israel loved him more than he loved his other sons. Jacob gave him a special coat, which was long and very beautiful.

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved Joseph more than he loved them, they hated their brother because of this. They refused to say nice things to him.

Then Joseph had another dream, and he told his brothers about it. He said, “I had another dream. I saw the sun, the moon, and eleven stars bowing down to me.”

Joseph’s brothers continued to be jealous of him, but his father thought about all these things and wondered what they could mean.

Joseph said, “I had a dream. We were all working in the field, tying stacks of wheat together. Then my stack got up. It stood there while all of your stacks of wheat made a circle around mine and bowed down to it.”

We should kill him now while we can. We could throw his body into one of the empty wells and tell our father that a wild animal killed him. Then we will show him that his dreams are useless.”

When the Midianite traders came by, the brothers took Joseph out of the well and sold him to the traders for 20 pieces of silver. The traders took him to Egypt.

They said to each other, “Here comes Joseph the dreamer.

Joseph’s brothers saw him coming from far away. They decided to make a plan to kill him.

We can put him into a well without hurting him.” Reuben planned to save Joseph and send him back to his father.