Now Joseph was a you of 17 years and he was a son together with the sons of Bihah and Zilpah his father wives who said bad things about him to their father Israel who loved Joseph. More than all his sons this son of his old age pleased him so he made for him a robe rainbow design. when his brothers saw that he was loved by their father more than them they hated him and could not say anything kind to him. Joseph dreamed and that increased the hatred of his brothers all the more. 'We we binding grain standing out in the field and see my grain stood and see yours gathered around and bowed down to my one" Now his brothers said to him 'Do you want to rule over us ? That just increased their hatred because of his dreams and what he said. Again he dreamed a dream and he told his brothers. See I dreamed a dream again the sun, moon and eleven stats were bowing before me. When he said that to his father and and to his brothers they told him off. His father said; What! this dream you dreamed...will your mother and I and your brothers bow to the ground before you ? They were jealous of him, his brothers but his father pondered the issue. Now his brothers went to graze the flocks of thier father near sheckem. Israel said to Joseph Come I'll send you to them and replied 'Yes Sir' So he said to him Go now and see how your brothers are getting on and how the flock is and report back. So he was sent up the valleys of Hebron going to Sheckem. Finding a man wandering in a field the man asked him, What are you looking for ? He replied 'I'm looking for my brothers do you know where thay are grazing ? and he answered; They shifted from here and I heard them say lets go to Dothan. so Joseph went after his brothers and found them near Dothan. When they saw him coming in the distance they planned to kill him saying among themselves The Master of dreams is coming so let us kill him and thrown him into a water tank then say a wild animal ate him, then what will happen to his dreams. When Reuben heard, he wanted to rescue him from them saying lets take life. Don't shed blood. throw him into the water tank here in the desert but don't touch him (He wanted to rescue him and take him back to their father) When Joseph came to his brothers they stripped of his robe rainbow design and took him to an empty water tank and threw him into the tank and then sat dwon to eat. The lloking up they saw- Look Ishmael camels coming from Gilead, a carvan of them trading balm, myrrh going to Egypt. Judah said to his brothers. what do get from killing your brother covering us with blood. Come on let us sell him to the Ishmaelites so we will not be guilty for our brother our family and his brothers agreed. When the men came past Midian traders they lifed Joesph from the tank sold Joseph to Ishmael for 30 pieces of silver who took Joseph to Egypt. When Reben came back to the tank and didn't find Joseph he ripped his clothes going back to his brothers said The boy isn't there what can I do now ? Now they got the robe of Joseph and killed a billy goat adn dipped it in the blood. then they tool the robe of rainbow design and brought it to their father saying we found this Check it out, isn't this the robe of your son. He recognized it and said the robe of my son, some wild animal got him ate and tore him up. Jacob ripped his clothes put on old clothes stripped down to his waist and morned for a long time for his son.all his sons came to him and hi8s daughters to comfort him but he would not be comforted telling them I will do down into the place of death grieving so he wept for his son. The Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar and Egyptian official of the Egyptian King. He was captain of the guards.
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