Article November 18, 1972 Issue

Joseph

Carolyn Hummel Read

Joseph was a teen–ager in a large family who lived in a land called Canaan.^{Gen., Chaps. 37—47 ;} His father thought him a very special son and made him a beautiful long–sleeved coat. Only boys and men of wealthy families wore such fancy coats. Not men such as Joseph's brothers, who were shepherds. They hated Joseph for this, and were not able to even speak kindly to him. But he didn't hate back.

One day Joseph innocently told his brothers that he had had a dream. "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."

His brothers said, "Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us?" And they hated him more.

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