Old Testament, Connected
Genesis 37 Israel loved Joseph more than all his children
Joseph’s coat of many colours and his dreams make his brothers jealous. They sell him to merchants bound for Egypt.
36 of 36 verses connected · 9 talks · 56 verse-to-talk connections
Come, Follow Me 2026Week 11 · March 9–15
Genesis 37
- And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. (1 connected talk)
- These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. (3 connected talks)
- Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. (2 connected talks)
- And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. (2 connected talks)
- And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. (2 connected talks)
- And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: (2 connected talks)
- For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. (2 connected talks)
- And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. (2 connected talks)
- And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. (1 connected talk)
- And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? (1 connected talk)
- And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying. (1 connected talk)
- And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem. (1 connected talk)
- And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I. (1 connected talk)
- And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. (1 connected talk)
- And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? (1 connected talk)
- And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks. (1 connected talk)
- And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. (1 connected talk)
- And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. (1 connected talk)
- And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. (1 connected talk)
- Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams. (2 connected talks)
- And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him. (2 connected talks)
- And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. (2 connected talks)
- And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him; (2 connected talks)
- And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it. (2 connected talks)
- And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. (3 connected talks)
- And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? (3 connected talks)
- Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content. (2 connected talks)
- Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt. (2 connected talks)
- And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes. (1 connected talk)
- And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go? (1 connected talk)
- And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; (1 connected talk)
- And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no. (1 connected talk)
- And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces. (1 connected talk)
- And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. (1 connected talk)
- And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. (1 connected talk)
- And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard. (2 connected talks)
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