Genesis 37

Jacob continues to sojourn in Canaan, Genesis 37:1 . Joseph, being seventeen years of age, is employed in feeding the flocks of his father, Genesis 37:2 . Is loved by his father more than the rest of his brethren, Genesis 37:3 . His brethren envy him, Genesis 37:4 . His dream of the sheaves, Genesis 37:5-7 . His brethren interpret it, and hate him on the account, Genesis 37:8 . His dream of the sun, moon, and eleven stars, Genesis 37:9-12 . Jacob sends him to visit his brethren, who were with the flock in Shechem, Genesis 37:13 , Genesis 37:14 . He wanders in the field, and is directed to go to Dothan, whither his brethren had removed the flocks, Genesis 37:15-17 . Seeing him coming they conspire to destroy him, Genesis 37:18-20 . Reuben, secretly intending to deliver him, counsels his brethren not to kill, but to put him into a pit, Genesis 37:21 , Genesis 37:22 . They strip Joseph of his coat of many colors, and put him into a pit, Genesis 37:23 , Genesis 37:24 . They afterwards draw him out, and sell him to a company of Ishmaelite merchants for twenty pieces of silver, who carry him into Egypt, Genesis 37:25-28 . Reuben returns to the pit, and not finding Joseph, is greatly affected, Genesis 37:29 , Genesis 37:30 . Joseph's brethren dip his coat in goat's blood to persuade his father that he had been devoured by a wild beast, Genesis 37:31-33 . Jacob is greatly distressed, Genesis 37:34 , Genesis 37:35 . Joseph is sold in Egypt to Potiphar, captain of Pharaoh's guard, Genesis 37:36 .