8. His brothers said to him, "Do you plan to be king over us? Will you really rule over us?" So they hated him even more because of his dream. They didn't like what he had said.
9. Then Joseph had another dream. He told it to his brothers. "Listen," he said. "I had another dream. This time the sun and moon and 11 stars were bowing down to me."
10. He told his father as well as his brothers. Then his father objected. He said, "What about this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers really do that? Will we really come and bow down to the ground in front of you?"
11. His brothers were jealous of him. But his father kept the matter in mind.
12. Joseph's brothers had gone to take care of their father's flocks near Shechem.
13. Israel said to Joseph, "As you know, your brothers are taking care of the flocks near Shechem. Come. I'm going to send you to them." "All right," Joseph replied.
14. So Israel said to him, "Go to your brothers. See how they are doing. Also see how the flocks are doing. Then come back and tell me." So he sent him away from the Hebron Valley. Joseph arrived at Shechem.
15. A man found him wandering around in the fields. He asked Joseph, "What are you looking for?"
16. He replied, "I'm looking for my brothers. Can you tell me where they are taking care of their flocks?"
17. "They've moved on from here," the man answered. "I heard them say, 'Let's go to Dothan.' " So Joseph went to look for his brothers. He found them near Dothan.
18. But they saw him a long way off. Before he reached them, they made plans to kill him.
19. "Here comes that dreamer!" they said to one another.
20. "Come. Let's kill him. Let's throw him into one of these empty wells. Let's say that a wild animal ate him up. Then we'll see whether his dreams will come true."
21. Reuben heard them. He tried to save Joseph from them. "Let's not take his life," he said.
22. "Let's not spill any blood. Throw him into this empty well here in the desert. But don't harm him yourselves." Reuben said that to save Joseph from them. He was hoping he could take him back to his father.