9. Soon Joseph had another dream, and again he told his brothers about it. “Listen, I have had another dream,” he said. “The sun, moon, and eleven stars bowed low before me!”
10. This time he told the dream to his father as well as to his brothers, but his father scolded him. “What kind of dream is that?” he asked. “Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow to the ground before you?”
11. But while his brothers were jealous of Joseph, his father wondered what the dreams meant.
12. Soon after this, Joseph’s brothers went to pasture their father’s flocks at Shechem.
13. When they had been gone for some time, Jacob said to Joseph, “Your brothers are pasturing the sheep at Shechem. Get ready, and I will send you to them.”“I’m ready to go,” Joseph replied.
14. “Go and see how your brothers and the flocks are getting along,” Jacob said. “Then come back and bring me a report.” So Jacob sent him on his way, and Joseph traveled to Shechem from their home in the valley of Hebron.
15. When he arrived there, a man from the area noticed him wandering around the countryside. “What are you looking for?” he asked.
16. “I’m looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Do you know where they are pasturing their sheep?”
17. “Yes,” the man told him. “They have moved on from here, but I heard them say, ‘Let’s go on to Dothan.’” So Joseph followed his brothers to Dothan and found them there.
18. When Joseph’s brothers saw him coming, they recognized him in the distance. As he approached, they made plans to kill him.