The Forgiving Prince

Joseph and his brothers, from Genesis 37-46

Jacob had twelve sons, but of all his sons, Joseph was his favorite.

One day, Jacob gave Joseph a splendid new robe. It was beautiful and rich with all the colors of the rainbow, but it made Joseph’s brothers jealous - they wanted rich rainbow robes, too.

Then to make matters worse, Joseph kept on having these special dreams. “I dreamed I was the greatest! I was king!” Joseph told his brothers. “And you all bowed down to me!”

Now I’m sure you know, even if Joseph didn’t, that telling your brothers things like that isn’t a very good idea. Joseph’s brothers hated him even more. They wanted to kill Joseph and his dreams.

And one day, that’s exactly what they tried to do.

They tore Joseph’s rainbow robe off him and sold him to slave traders - for 20 pieces of silver.