Genesis 37

Genesis 37English Standard Version (ESV)

Joseph's Dreams

Where did Jacob live? (Verse 1)

How old was Joseph when he was pasturing the flock with his brothers? (Verse 2)

Who's sons was Joseph with? (verse 2)

Did Joseph give them a good report to Jacob? (Verse 2)

why did Israel love Joseph more than any other of his sons? (Verse 3)

What did Israel make for Joseph? (Verse 3)

When did Joseph's brothers hate Joseph? (Verse 4)

Could they speak peacefully to Joseph? (Verse 4)

What did Joseph tell his brothers? (Verse 5)

Did his brothers love him after he told them? (Verse 5)

What happened in the dream? (Verse 7)

What was Joseph's brother's reaction in verse 8? 

What did Joseph do when he dreamed another dream? (Verse 9-11)

What happens in the dream? (Verse 9)

Who rebukes Joseph? (Verse 10)

Who was jealous of Joseph? (verse 11)

Who kept the saying in mind? (Verse 11)

Joseph Sold by His Brothers

Where did Joseph's brothers go to pasture their father's flock? (Verse 12)

What does Israel say to Joseph? (Verse 13)

What is Joseph's response? (Verse 13)

What was Joseph's mission? (verse 14)

Who found Joseph? (Verse 15)

What does the man ask? (Verse 15)

Who does Joseph say he is looking for? (Verse 16)

Where did the man say they went? (verse 17)

Where did Joseph find his brothers? (Verse 17)

Did they see Joseph coming from afar? (Verse 18)

What is their response to seeing Joseph? (Verse 18)

What was their name for Joseph? (Verse 19)

“Here comes this dreamer. Come now, let us _____ him and _______ him into one of the pits. Then we will _______ that a fierce animal has _____________ him, and we will see what will become of his dreams.” (Verse 19-20)

Who rescued Joseph out of their hands? (Verse 21)

How did he do this? (Verse 22-24)

Was there any water in the pit they through Joseph into? (Verse 24)

What did they sit down to do? (Verse 25)

What were the Ishmaelites bearing on their way down to Egypt? (verse 25)

Who asks a question of profit? (Verse 26)

Who suggests selling Joseph? (Verse 27)

What is another reason he gives for selling Joseph? (Verse 27)

Did his brothers listen to him? (Verse 27)

Who passed by? (Verse 28)

How many shekels of silver did they sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites for? (verse 28)

Where was Joseph taken? (Verse 28)

What did Reuben say to his brothers? (Verse 30)

Did Reuben refer to Joseph as "the dreamer"?

What did they dip the robe in? (Verse 31)

 “It is my son's robe. A fierce animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt _______ to pieces.” (verse 33)

"Then Jacob ________ his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days."  (verse 34)

All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to ________________ to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him. (verse 35)

Meanwhile, What was happening in verse 36?

Footnotes:

1. Genesis 37:3 See Septuagint, Vulgate; or (with Syriac) a robe with long sleeves. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain; also verses 23, 32
2. Genesis 37:20 Or cisterns; also verses 22, 24
3. Genesis 37:28 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams

Thoughts

Joseph and FAITHFULNESS!

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Here I am Lord

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What do verses 15-17 infer about where Joseph's brothers were?

What about Joseph stood out enough that his brothers saw him coming from afar in verse 18? (verse 23)

How was Joseph's robe prepared before it was brought to his father? (verse 30 - 35)

Correlation

Who in the Bible gives a similar response as Joseph in verse 13?

Hebrews 2:13,

Acts 9:10

Jeremiah 26:14

Isaiah 65:1

Isaiah 58:9

Isaiah 56:3

Isaiah 8:18

Isaiah 6:8

2 Samuel 19:20

2 Samuel 15:26

2 Samuel 1:7

1 Samuel 22:12

1 Samuel 14:7

1 Samuel 12:3

1 Samuel 3:16

1 Samuel 3:3-8

1 Samuel 1:26

Joshua 14:10

Exodus 3:4

Genesis 46:2

Genesis 31:11

Genesis 27:18

Genesis 22 

"And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him”—that he might rescue him out of their hand to restore him to his father." (Cor. Psalm 34)

Was Reuben "in the know" about selling Joseph? (verse 29)

Cor. Verse 30 - 36 Genesis 22:13-14

Cor. Verse 34 - Jeremiah 31:15 - Matthew 2:18 

Genesis 37English Standard Version (ESV)

Joseph's Dreams

37 Jacob lived in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan.

2 These are the generations of Jacob.

Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors.[a] 4 But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully to him.

5 Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even more. 6 He said to them, “Hear this dream that I have dreamed: 7 Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright. And behold, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf.” 8 His brothers said to him, “Are you indeed to reign over us? Or are you indeed to rule over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

9 Then he dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers and said, “Behold, I have dreamed another dream. Behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.” 10 But when he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves to the ground before you?” 11 And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.

Joseph Sold by His Brothers

12 Now his brothers went to pasture their father's flock near Shechem. 13 And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” And he said to him, “Here I am.” 14 So he said to him, “Go now, see if it is well with your brothers and with the flock, and bring me word.” So he sent him from the Valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 15 And a man found him wandering in the fields. And the man asked him, “What are you seeking?” 16 “I am seeking my brothers,” he said. “Tell me, please, where they are pasturing the flock.” 17 And the man said, “They have gone away, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

18 They saw him from afar, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him. 19 They said to one another, “Here comes this dreamer.20 Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits.[b] Then we will say that a fierce animal has devoured him, and we will see what will become of his dreams.” 21 But when Reuben heard it, he rescued him out of their hands, saying, “Let us not take his life.” 22 And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him”—that he might rescue him out of their hand to restore him to his father. 23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the robe of many colors that he wore. 24 And they took him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.

25 Then they sat down to eat. And looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt. 26 Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? 27 Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers listened to him. 28 Then Midianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels[c] of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt.

29 When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he tore his clothes 30 and returned to his brothers and said, “The boy is gone, and I, where shall I go?” 31 Then they took Joseph's robe and slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood. 32 And they sent the robe of many colors and brought it to their father and said, “This we have found; please identify whether it is your son's robe or not.” 33 And he identified it and said, “It is my son's robe. A fierce animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces.” 34 Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days. 35 All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him. 36 Meanwhile the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard.

Footnotes:

1. Genesis 37:3 See Septuagint, Vulgate; or (with Syriac) a robe with long sleeves. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain; also verses 23, 32
2. Genesis 37:20 Or cisterns; also verses 22, 24
3. Genesis 37:28 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams