Joseph’s Jealousy-Stirring Dreams

JOSEPH — The Dreams That Stirred Jealousy Genesis 37 Joseph was still young when the dreams

began. The Bible says Joseph dreamed a dream, and when he told it to his brethren,

they hated him yet the more (Genesis 37:5). In the dream, Joseph and his brothers

were binding sheaves in the field, when suddenly Joseph’s sheaf stood upright, and the others bowed

round about it. His brothers understood what the dream meant immediately, and they asked,

“Shalt thou indeed reign over us?” (Genesis 37:8). Joseph dreamed again. This time,

the sun, the moon, and eleven stars made obeisance to him.

When Joseph told his father and his brothers, even Jacob paused. Scripture says his