Genesis 37 opens the story of Joseph - Jacob’s beloved son, the dreamer with a coat of many colors, sold into Egypt by his own brothers in an act of jealousy that would alter the destiny of a nation.
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Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels In the land of Canaan Joseph being seventeen years old was feeding the flock with his brothers Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children Because he was the son of his old age And he made him a tunic of many colours His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers And they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him
Joseph dreamt a dream and he told it to his brothers And they hated him all the more He said to them please hear this dream which I have dreamt For behold we were binding sheaves in the field And behold my sheaf arose and also stood upright And behold your sheaves came around and bowed down to my sheaf
His brothers asked him will you indeed reign over us? Will you indeed have dominion over us? They hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words He dreamt yet another dream and told it to his brothers and said
Behold I have dreamt yet another dream And behold the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me He told it to his father and to his brothers His father rebuked him and said what is this dream that you have dreamt? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to you?
His brothers envied him but his father kept this saying in mind His brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem Israel said to Joseph are not your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come and I will send you to them He said here I am He said go now see whether it is well with your brothers and well with the flock
A certain man found him and behold he was wandering in the field The man asked him what are you looking for? He said I am looking for my brothers They have left here for I heard them say let’s go to Dothan Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan They saw him afar off and before he came near to them They conspired against him to kill him
They said to one another behold this dreamer comes Come now therefore and let’s kill him and cast him into one of the pits And we will say an evil animal has devoured him We will see what will become of his dreams Reuben heard it and delivered him out of their hand and said let’s not take his life
Reuben said to them shed no blood throw him into this pit in the wilderness But lay no hand on him that he might deliver him out of their hand When Joseph came to his brothers they stripped Joseph of his tunic The tunic of many colours that was on him And they took him and threw him into the pit The pit was empty there was no water in it
They sat down to eat bread and they lifted up their eyes and looked And saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead With their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh Judah said to his brothers what profit is it if we kill our brother? Come and let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites The merchants brought Joseph into Egypt
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Genesis 37 sung by Psalm Selah. The whole Bible, one chapter at a time.