Popular Bible Verses from Genesis 37

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One day, Joseph told his brothers what he had dreamed, and they hated him even more.

Jacob loved Joseph more than he did any of his other sons, because Joseph was born when Jacob was very old. Jacob had even given Joseph a fancy coat

which showed that Joseph was his favorite son, and so Joseph's brothers hated him and would not be friendly to him.

Joseph later had another dream, and he told his brothers, “Listen to what else I dreamed. The sun, the moon, and eleven stars bowed down to me.”

Joseph's brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept wondering about the dream.

Joseph said, “Let me tell you about my dream. We were out in the field, tying up bundles of wheat. Suddenly my bundle stood up, and your bundles gathered around and bowed down to it.”

Let's kill him and throw him into a pit and say that some wild animal ate him. Then we'll see what happens to those dreams.”

When the Midianite merchants came by, Joseph's brothers took him out of the well, and for 20 pieces of silver they sold him to the Ishmaelites who took him to Egypt.

They said to one another, “Look, here comes the hero of those dreams!

But before he got there, they saw him coming and made plans to kill him.

“Don't murder him or even harm him. Just throw him into a well out here in the desert.” Reuben planned to rescue Joseph later and take him back to his father.