Jacob
had twelve sons. But he loved Joseph more than all his children, and he made
him a coat of many colours.
When
his brothers saw that their father loved Joseph more than all his sons they
hated Joseph.
Joseph
had a dream one day and told it to his brothers.
And
he said, “Hear, I pray you this dream which I have dreamed.
“For
behold we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf arose, and also
stood upright; and behold your sheaves stood round about and made obeisance to
my sheaf.”
And
his brothers said to him, “Shalt thou indeed reign over us?” And they hated him
still more.
Again
Joseph had a dream and told it to his father and his brothers and said, “Behold
I have dreamed a dream more; and behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven
stars made obeisance to me.”
And
his father rebuked him and said, “Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren
indeed come and bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?”
Gen. 37:1-11