Genesis 37:1-14 ▼

1 And Jacob dwelt in the land of the sojournings of his father, in the land of Canaan.

2 These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a son of seven and ten years, was shepherding the flock with his brothers, and the boy was with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, wives of his father. And Joseph brought an evil report of them to his father.

3 And Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a long sleeved tunic.

4 And his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him and were not able speak to him peaceably.

5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers. And they continued hating him. Even more

6 and he said to them, “Hear, please, this dream that I have dreamed,

7 and behold, we were binding sheaves in the midst of the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright. And behold, your? sheaves gathered around and bowed themselves to my sheaf.”

8 And his brothers said to him, “Will you surely reign … over us? Or Will you surely rule … over us?” And they continued hating him even more for his dreams and for his words.

9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and he told it to his brothers and said, “Behold, I have dreamed another dream, and behold, the sun and the moon and one and ten stars were bowing themselves to me.”

10 And he told it to his father and to his brothers. And his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will we surely come—I and your mother and your brothers—to bow down before you to the earth?”

11 And his brothers envied him, and his father kept the matter in mind.

12 And his brothers went to shepherd the flock of their father in Shechem.

13 And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers shepherding in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” And he said to him, “Behold, it is I.”

14 And he said to him, “Go, please, and see the welfare of your brothers, and the welfare of the flock, and bring back to me word.” And he sent him from the Valley of Hebron, and he went to Shechem.