The Life of Joseph: Lesson One

Not everyone will be glad about what God shows you.

Joseph was the son his father loved most, and his father gave him a coat of many colours.

Genesis 37:3 (KJV): Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

When Joseph told his brothers his dream, they hated him even more.

Genesis 37:5 (KJV): And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

They hated him for his dreams and for his words.

Genesis 37:8 (KJV): And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

His brothers envied him, but his father kept the saying in mind.

Genesis 37:11 (KJV): And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.