Jacob, who dreamed of the ladder, had
twelve sons of his own; he loved his son Joseph in a special way "because
he was the son of his old age," so he had a long coat made for him.
Joseph's brothers were jealous of the fancy coat their father had given
Joseph, and when Joseph began telling them about his own dreams of glory,
"They hated him even more because of his dreams and his words."
One day while all the brothers were tending their father's flock of sheep, the
older brothers turned against Joseph and sold him to a caravan headed to Egypt,
dipped his robe in goat's blood, and told their father that Joseph had been
killed by wild animals. Actually, although at first Joseph had a very
hard life in Egypt, later "he became a successful man." Long years
later, the story had a happy ending when all his brothers came to Egypt. Jacob
even got to see Joseph again and to know that his son was still alive!
Genesis 37:1-36
Potential ornament to make for the Jesse Tree: a
many-colored robe or coat
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