Popular Bible Verses from Genesis 37

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Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his other sons, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a multicolored tunic.

And his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers; and so they hated him and could not speak to him on friendly terms.

Then he had yet another dream, and informed his brothers of it, and said, “Behold, I have had yet another dream; and behold, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

He said to them, “Please listen to this dream which I have had; for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf stood up and also remained standing; and behold, your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to my sheaf.”

Now then, come and let’s kill him, and throw him into one of the pits; and we will say, ‘A vicious animal devoured him.’ Then we will see what will become of his dreams!”

Then some Midianite traders passed by, so they pulled him out and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. So they brought Joseph into Egypt.

They said to one another, “Here comes this dreamer!

When they saw him from a distance, and before he came closer to them, they plotted against him to put him to death.

Then Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him”—so that later he might rescue him out of their hands, to return him to his father.