When the brothers saw Joseph coming they planned to kill him.
Jacob sent Joseph to check on his brothers with the flocks.
Jacob (Israel) gave his favourite son Joseph a coat of many colours.
Jacob was very very sad.
He dreamed his brothers were stars that bowed to his star.
Joseph's brothers were jealous and hated him.
When the brothers saw Joseph coming they planned to kill him.
Reuben convinced them to just throw him in a pit, where he could rescue him later.
While Reuben was away the brothers sold Joseph to be a slave.
The brothers dipped the coat in blood and showed it their father, Jacob.
Potiphar, an officer in Pharaoh's army bought Joseph.
Joe was so successful, Pharaoh put him in charge of everything he had.
Potiphar's wife tried to get Joseph to lie with her, but he would not. He had
to jump out of his shirt to get away.
Potiphar's
wife kept Joseph's shirt and told her husband a false version of what
really happened, so he put Joseph in jail with Pharaoh's prisoners.
While
in jail, Joseph gained a reputation for explaining dreams.Pharaoh
started having very strange dreams: 7 skinny cows ate 7 fat ones, but
stayed skinny -7 skinny ears of corn ate 7 fat ones but stayed skinny.
The dreams made him upset.
No one could interpret the dream to Pharaoh, so Joseph was summoned to try to explain the dreams.
Joseph
said that 7 years of famine and drought would follow the next 7 years
of plenty. Joseph advised storing away food for the 7 good years to save
people in the 7 bad years.
Pharaoh was so impressed with Joseph's explanation that he put him in charge of all of Egypt.
When the 7 years of famine came, the Egyptians were in good shape, but Jacob and Joseph's brothers were starving in Canaan.
Jacob sent all his sons except Benjamin to Egypt to buy food.
Joseph recognized his brothers right away, but they had no idea who he was.
Joseph
pretended he thought they were spies and when he sold them food he made
hi brother Simeon stay behind in Egypt. He told his brothers not to
ever come back without Benjamin, the youngest.
Jacob
thought he would never let Benjamin go after losing Joseph and
Benjamin, but finally because they were all so hungry, he let them all
go back.
Joseph
gave them food, but he planted his silver cup in Benjamin's sack. He
accused Benjamin of stealing it and said Benjamin must be his slave.
When
the brothers defended Benjamin and Judah offered to be a slave instead
of Benjamin, Joseph knew his brothers loved their father and Benjamin.
He knew they had improved a lot.
Joseph
revealed his identity to his brothers and told them not to be angry
with themselves for what they had done, since by coming to Egypt, Joseph
had saved them all from starving.
Pharaoh
invited Jacob and all of Joesph's brothers and their families to come
to Egypt and live as Egypt's guests in honour of Joseph who had saved
them all.
