<P> Joseph , son of Israel ( Jacob ) and Rachel , lived in the land of Canaan with eleven brothers and one sister . He was Rachel 's firstborn and Israel 's eleventh son . Of all the sons , Joseph was loved by his father the most . Israel even arrayed Joseph with a `` long coat of many colors '' . Israel 's favoritism toward Joseph caused his half brothers to hate him , and when Joseph was seventeen years old he had two dreams that made his brothers plot his demise . In the first dream , Joseph and his brothers gathered bundles of grain . Then , all of the grain bundles that had been prepared by the brothers gathered around Joseph 's bundle and bowed down to it . In the second dream , the sun ( father ) , the moon ( mother ) and eleven stars ( brothers ) bowed down to Joseph himself . When he told these two dreams to his brothers , they despised him for the implications that the family would be bowing down to Joseph . They became jealous that their father would even ponder over Joseph 's words concerning these dreams . ( Genesis 37 : 1 - 11 ) They saw their chance when they were feeding the flocks , the brothers saw Joseph from afar and plotted to kill him . They turned on him and stripped him of the coat his father made for him , and threw him into a pit . As they pondered what to do with Joseph , the brothers saw a camel caravan of Ishmaelites coming out of Gilead , carrying spices and perfumes to Egypt , for trade . Judah , the strongest , thought twice about killing Joseph and proposed that he be sold . The traders paid twenty pieces of silver for Joseph , and the brothers took Joseph 's coat back to Jacob , who was lied to and told that Joseph had been killed by wild animals . </P>
<P> Joseph , son of Israel ( Jacob ) and Rachel , lived in the land of Canaan with eleven brothers and one sister . He was Rachel 's firstborn and Israel 's eleventh son . Of all the sons , Joseph was loved by his father the most . Israel even arrayed Joseph with a `` long coat of many colors '' . Israel 's favoritism toward Joseph caused his half brothers to hate him , and when Joseph was seventeen years old he had two dreams that made his brothers plot his demise . In the first dream , Joseph and his brothers gathered bundles of grain . Then , all of the grain bundles that had been prepared by the brothers gathered around Joseph 's bundle and bowed down to it . In the second dream , the sun ( father ) , the moon ( mother ) and eleven stars ( brothers ) bowed down to Joseph himself . When he told these two dreams to his brothers , they despised him for the implications that the family would be bowing down to Joseph . They became jealous that their father would even ponder over Joseph 's words concerning these dreams . ( Genesis 37 : 1 - 11 ) They saw their chance when they were feeding the flocks , the brothers saw Joseph from afar and plotted to kill him . They turned on him and stripped him of the coat his father made for him , and threw him into a pit . As they pondered what to do with Joseph , the brothers saw a camel caravan of Ishmaelites coming out of Gilead , carrying spices and perfumes to Egypt , for trade . Judah , the strongest , thought twice about killing Joseph and proposed that he be sold . The traders paid twenty pieces of silver for Joseph , and the brothers took Joseph 's coat back to Jacob , who was lied to and told that Joseph had been killed by wild animals . </P>
where in the bible is joseph and his brothers
where in the bible is joseph and his brothers
Genesis 37
Genesis 37