Genesis 37
1Jacob
2This Jacob’s son Joseph was 17 years old. And Joseph and his brothers looked after the sheep that belonged to their father Jacob. Joseph used to help 4 of his brothers to look after those sheep. 2 of those brothers were Bilhah’s sons, and the other 2 were Zilpah’s sons. Bilhah and Zilpah were Jacob’s wives. And Joseph told his father that those 4 brothers were doing bad things.
3Jacob loved Joseph
4Joseph
5One night, Joseph
6This
7In
8Then Joseph’s brothers were really angry about Joseph’s dream, and they were angry about those things that he said to them. So then they hated him even more.
9Later on, Joseph had
10Joseph told
11Joseph’s brothers were 1 Joseph’s brothers sold him to the Midian mob
12Jacob and
13Then And Joseph said, “ Yes, I will go.”
14So So Joseph left the Valley of Hebron, and he went to Shekem.
15When
16Joseph said, “ I
17The So Joseph left Shekem, and he went to Dothan. He saw his brothers there, and he started to go towards them.
18But
19They
20Let Then they said, “ If we kill Joseph, that will show that his dreams are rubbish, and that he will never be boss over us.”
21But
22Then You see, Reuben wanted to save Joseph from his brothers. He thought, “Later on, I will pull Joseph out of that hole, and I will take him home to our father.”
23Then
24And
25Then
26One
27So The rest of Joseph’s brothers agreed to do what Judah said.
28So
29Joseph
30Then 1 Joseph’s brothers tricked their father Jacob
31Joseph
32Then
33Jacob looked at
34So Jacob cried like that for lots of days.
35All
36But Joseph wasn’t really dead. That