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Genesis 37:1-11 (AMP)

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¹ SO JACOB dwelt in the land in which his father had been a stranger and sojourner, in the land of Canaan. ² This is the history of the descendants of Jacob and this is Jacob's line. Joseph, when he was seventeen years old, was shepherding the flock with his brothers; the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph brought to his father a bad report of them. ³ Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a long tunic with sleeves. ⁴ But when his brothers saw that their father loved more than all of his brothers, they hated him and could not say, Peace to him or speak peaceably to him. ⁵ Now Joseph had a dream and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him still more. ⁶ And he said to them, Listen now and hear, I pray you, this dream that I have dreamed: ⁷ We were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright, and behold, your sheaves stood round about my sheaf and bowed down! ⁸ His brothers said to him, Shall you indeed reign over us? Or are you going to have us as your subjects and dominate us? And they hated him all the more for his dreams and for what he said. ⁹ But Joseph dreamed yet another dream and told it to his brothers . He said, See here, I have dreamed again, and behold, eleven stars the sun and the moon bowed down and did reverence to me! ¹⁰ And he told it to his father his brethren. But his father rebuked him and said to him, What is the meaning of this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers actually come to bow down ourselves to the earth and do homage to you? ¹¹ Joseph's brothers envied him and were jealous of him, but his father observed the saying and pondered over it.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 4) Jealousy / Envy - Joseph's brothers - of Joseph and his dream
(v. 5) Jealousy / Envy - Joseph's brothers - of Joseph and his dream
(v. 10) Jealousy / Envy - Joseph's brothers - of Joseph and his dream
(v. 11) Jealousy / Envy - Joseph's brothers - of Joseph and his dream

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 1) Why can't we be friends? (2010-09-16)
(v. 4) Raising Awesome Kids - Liberty and Justice (2008-11-26)

Definition(s):
Bilhah (Bill-ha): Bilhan, who is old or confused
Israel (Iz-rehl): who prevails with God
Israel (Is-ra-el): who prevails with God
Jacob (Jeh-kobb): that supplants, undermines; the heel
Joseph (Joh-sef): increase; addition