ILLUSTRATED BIBLE STORY

The Sons of JacobGENESIS CHAPTER 37

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ONE DAY, WHILE THEY WERE WITH THEIR FATHER’SFLOCK IN THE LAND OF CANAAN, JACOB’S SONSDID SOMETHING BAD.

JOSEPH, THE SECOND-YOUNGEST BOY,WENT HOME AND TOLD HIS FATHER WHATJOSEPH’S OLDER BROTHERS HAD DONE.

YOU WERE VERYCOURAGEOUS TO COME ANDTELL ME WHAT HAPPENED. I AMVERY PROUD OF YOU, JOSEPH.

HERE, I HAD THIS SPECIALGARMENT MADEJUST FOR YOU.

HE NEVERMADE A SPECIALGARMENT FOR

ME!

FATHERLOVES JOSEPHMORE THAN HE

LOVES US!

I HATEHIM!

LOOK ATTHAT!

I’MSICK OFJOSEPH.

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SOMETIME LATER, JOSEPH HAD A DREAM.

WE WEREGATHERING

BUNDLES OF WHEATIN THE FIELD, AND MY

BUNDLE SUDDENLYSTOOD UP!

THENYOUR WHEAT

BUNDLES FORMEDA CIRCLE AROUNDMY BUNDLE ANDBOWED DOWN

TO IT!

DOESTHIS MEAN

YOU ARE GOING TORULE OVER US?

WHO DOYOU THINKYOU ARE?

JOSEPH HAD ANOTHER DREAM.

. . . AND THE SUN,THE MOON, AND 11

STARS WERE BOWINGDOWN TO ME.

I CAN’TSTAND ITANYMORE!

EVERYDREAM OF HISIS ABOUT HOW

IMPORTANTHE IS!

JOSEPH,ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY

THAT YOUR MOTHER AND I ANDYOUR BROTHERS WILL BOW

DOWN TO YOU?

MAYBEJEHOVAH IS USING

THIS DREAM TO TELLUS SOMETHING . . .

THEN . . .

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JOSEPH, I SENTYOUR OLDER BROTHERS TOTAKE CARE OF MY SHEEP.

PLEASE FIND THEM AND SEEWHETHER YOUR BROTHERSAND MY SHEEP ARE SAFE

AND SOUND.

OFCOURSE,FATHER.

LOOK! HERECOMES THATDREAMER.

LET’SKILL HIM ANDTHROW HIMINTO A PIT.

BUT WHATWILL WE TELLOUR FATHER?

WE’LLSAY THAT A

VICIOUS WILDBEAST KILLED

HIM.

HA! THAT WILLBE THE ENDOF JOSEPH’S

DREAMS.

REUBEN, JACOB’SOLDEST SON, SPOKE UP.

WESHOULDN’TKILL HIM.

THROWHIM INTO A

PIT, BUT DON’THURT HIM.

LATER, I’LLRESCUE HIM

AND BRING HIMHOME.

WHILE REUBEN WAS AWAY, JOSEPH’S OTHERBROTHERS SOLD HIM.

LOOK!TRADERS ONTHEIR WAY TO

EGYPT!

LET’S SELLJOSEPH AS A SLAVE,AND HE WILL BE AS

GOOD AS DEAD!

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REUBEN RETURNED TO HIS BROTHERSAND SAW WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

WHAT AM IGOING TO TELL

FATHER?

THE CHILD ISGONE! WHATDID YOU DO?

DON’TWORRY, REUBEN.WE’LL MAKE UP A

STORY . . .

. . . THEN WEFOUND THISGARMENT. IT IS JOSEPH’S

GARMENT! A VICIOUSWILD BEAST MUSTHAVE KILLED HIM!

JOSEPHIS DEAD!

BUT JOSEPH WASN’T DEAD . . .

IN THE NEXT ILLUSTRATED STORY, FIND OUTWHAT HAPPENED TO JOSEPH IN EGYPT.

WHAT DO WE LEARN ABOUT THE SONSOF JACOB?

WHY DID JOSEPH TELL HIS FATHER THAT JOSEPH’S

OLDER BROTHERS HAD ACTED BADLY?

CLUE: LEVITICUS 5:1.

WHY DID JOSEPH’S OLDER BROTHERS HATE HIM

AND LIE TO THEIR FATHER?

CLUE: JAMES 3:14.

HOW SHOULD YOU REACT WHEN YOUR BROTHER,

SISTER, OR FRIEND GETS SOMETHING THAT YOU

WOULD LIKE TO HAVE?

CLUE: ROMANS 12:15; 1 PETER 1:22.

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