Genesis 37, 3-10
3. Jacob loved Joseph more than all his other sons, because he had been born to him when he was old. He made a long robe with full sleeves for him.
4. When his brothers saw that their father loved Joseph more than he loved them, they hated their brother so much that they would not speak to him in a friendly manner.
5. One night Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.
6. He said, "Listen to the dream I had.
7. We were all in the field tying up sheaves of wheat, when my sheaf got up and stood up straight. Yours formed a circle round mine and bowed down to it."
8. "Do you think you are going to be a king and rule over us?" his brothers asked. So they hated him even more because of his dreams and because of what he said about them.
9. Then Joseph had another dream and said to his brothers, "I had another dream, in which I saw the sun, the moon, and eleven stars bowing down to me."
10. He also told the dream to his father, and his father scolded him: "What kind of dream is that? Do you think that your mother, your brothers, and I are going to come and bow down to you?"
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