Popular Bible Verses from Genesis 37

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Once Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers, so they hated him all the more.

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his other sons, because he was the son born in his old age, and he made him a special robe.

His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, so they hated him and could not speak to him in a friendly way.

Then he had another dream and told it to his brothers. He said, “Listen, I had another dream. This is what I saw: The sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.”

His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept what he had said in mind.

He said to them, “Please listen to this dream that I have dreamed: There we were, binding sheaves in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose up and stood upright. Then your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to my sheaf.”

Come on, let's kill him and throw him into one of the cisterns, and we will say, ‘A wild animal has devoured him.’ Then we will see what will become of his dreams.”

As the Midianites, who were merchants, were passing by, the brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Joseph to Egypt.

They said to each other, “Look, here comes this master of dreams.

They saw him in the distance, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.

Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this cistern that is in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” He said this so that he could rescue him out of their hands and restore him to his father.