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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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