4. Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved Joseph more than he loved them. So they hated their brother and could not speak to him politely.
5. One time Joseph had a dream. When he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.
6. Joseph said, “Listen to the dream I had.
7. We were in the field tying bundles of wheat together. My bundle stood up, and your bundles of wheat gathered around mine. Your bundles bowed down to mine.”
8. His brothers said, “Do you really think you will be king over us? Do you truly think you will rule over us?” His brothers hated him even more now. They hated him because of his dreams and what he had said.
9. Then Joseph had another dream. He told his brothers about it also. He said, “Listen, I had another dream. I saw the sun, moon and 11 stars bowing down to me.”
10. Joseph also told his father about this dream. But his father scolded him, saying, “What kind of dream is this? Do you really believe that your mother, your brothers and I will bow down to you?”
11. Joseph’s brothers were jealous of him. But his father thought about what all these things could mean.
12. One day Joseph’s brothers went to Shechem to herd their father’s sheep.
13. Jacob said to Joseph, “Go to Shechem. Your brothers are there herding the sheep.”Joseph answered, “I will go.”
14. His father said, “Go and see if your brothers and the sheep are all right. Then come back and tell me.” So Joseph’s father sent him from the Valley of Hebron.When Joseph came to Shechem,
15. a man found him wandering in the field. He asked Joseph, “What are you looking for?”
16. Joseph answered, “I am looking for my brothers. Can you tell me where they are herding the sheep?”
17. The man said, “They have already gone. I heard them say they were going to Dothan.” So Joseph went to look for his brothers and found them in Dothan.
18. Joseph’s brothers saw him coming from far away. Before he reached them, they made a plan to kill him.
19. They said to each other, “Here comes that dreamer.
20. Let’s kill him and throw his body into one of the wells. We can tell our father that a wild animal killed him. Then we will see what will become of his dreams.”