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Genesis 37

Genesis 37 begins the Joseph story. Jacob favors Joseph, giving him a special coat, and Joseph’s brothers hate him. His dreams of sheaves and heavenly bodies bowing to him deepen their resentment. When Joseph goes to find his brothers, they conspire to kill him. Reuben tries to rescue him, but the others sell Joseph to traveling merchants. They deceive Jacob with Joseph’s bloodied coat, while Joseph is taken into Egypt and sold to Potiphar.

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Genesis 37 begins the Joseph story. Jacob favors Joseph, giving him a special coat, and Joseph’s brothers hate him. His dreams of sheaves and heavenly bodies bowing to him deepen their resentment. When Joseph goes to find his brothers, they conspire to kill him. Reuben tries to rescue him, but the others sell Joseph to traveling merchants. They deceive Jacob with Joseph’s bloodied coat, while Joseph is taken into Egypt and sold to Potiphar.

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Verses 1–4Joseph is favored by his fatherVerses 5–11Joseph tells his dreamsVerses 12–17Joseph is sent to find his brothersVerses 18–28His brothers plot and sell JosephVerses 29–36Jacob is deceived and Joseph is sold in Egypt
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1And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was…2These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years…3Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because…4And when his brethren saw that their father loved him…5And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his…6And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this…7For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and,…8And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign…9And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his…10And he told it to his father, and to his…11And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the…12And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in…13And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed…14And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see…15And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was…16And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I…17And the man said, They are departed hence; for I…18And when they saw him afar off, even before he…19And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.20Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast…21And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of…22And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast…23And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto…24And they took him, and cast him into a pit:…25And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted…26And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it…27Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and…28Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and…29And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was…30And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child…31And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of…32And they sent the coat of many colours, and they…33And he knew it, and said, It is my son's…34And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his…35And all his sons and all his daughters rose up…36And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an…