Genesis 37:1-11

1Now Jacob lived in 1the land where his father had lived as a stranger, in the land of Canaan. 2These are the records of the generations of Jacob.

Joseph, when he was 2seventeen years of age, was pasturing the flock with his brothers, while he was still a youth, along with 3the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought back a 4bad report about them to their father. 3Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his other sons, because he was 5the son of his old age; and he made him a 67multicolored tunic. 4And his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers; and so they 8hated him and could not speak to him 9on friendly terms.

5Then Joseph 1011had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more. 6He said to them, “Please listen to this dream which I have 12had; 7for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf stood up and also remained standing; and behold, your sheaves gathered around and 13bowed down to my sheaf.” 8Then his brothers said to him, “14Are you actually going to reign over us? Or are you really going to rule over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

9Then he 15had yet another dream, and informed his brothers of it, and said, “Behold, I have 16had yet another dream; and behold, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.” 10He also told it to his father as well as to his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have 17had? Am I and your mother and 18your brothers actually going to come to bow down to the ground before you?” 11And 19his brothers were jealous of him, but his father 20kept the matter in mind.