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And these are his generations. Joseph, when he was sixteen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers, when he was still a boy. And he was with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, the wives of his father. And he accused his brothers to their father of a most sinful crime. (Genesis 37, 2)
Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons, because he had conceived him in his old age. And he made him a tunic, woven of many colors. (Genesis 37, 3)
Then his brothers, seeing that he was loved by his father more than all his other sons, hated him, and they were not able to say anything peacefully to him. (Genesis 37, 4)
Then it also happened that he recounted the vision of a dream to his brothers, for which reason a greater hatred began to be nurtured. (Genesis 37, 5)
His brothers responded: “Would you be our king? Or will we be subject to your dominion?” Therefore, this matter of his dreams and words provided kindling to their envy and hatred. (Genesis 37, 8)
Likewise, he saw another dream, which he explained to his brothers, saying, “I saw by a dream, as if the sun, and the moon, and eleven stars were reverencing me.” (Genesis 37, 9)
And when he had related this to his father and brothers, his father rebuked him, and he said: “What does it mean to you, this dream that you have seen? Should I, and your mother, and your brothers reverence you upon the earth?” (Genesis 37, 10)
Therefore, his brothers were envious of him. Yet truly, his father considered the matter silently. (Genesis 37, 11)
And while his brothers were lodging at Shechem, pasturing their father’s flocks, (Genesis 37, 12)
Israel said to him: “Your brothers are pasturing the sheep at Shechem. Come, I will send you to them.” And when he answered, (Genesis 37, 13)
“I am ready,” he said to him, “Go, and see if everything is prospering with your brothers and the cattle, and report to me what is happening.” So, having been sent from the valley of Hebron, he arrived at Shechem. (Genesis 37, 14)
So he responded: “I seek my brothers. Tell me where they pasture the flocks.” (Genesis 37, 16)
