Session 9
Joseph’s dream and his brothers’ response.
5 Then Joseph had a dream.
When he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
6 He said to them,
“Listen to this dream I had:
7 There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the field.
Suddenly my sheaf stood up, and your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf.”
8 “Are you really going to reign over us?” his brothers asked him.
“Are you really going to rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and what he had said.
Believers should be wise in what they share and with whom.
the session begins the last literary section of Genesis.
reinforce that the focus has moved from Jacob to his son, Joseph.
Highlight how Jacob’s favoritism toward Joseph set the stage for the jealousy and hatred among Joseph’s brothers.
Joseph
Joseph was the first son of Jacob by his favorite wife, Rachel.
His name means “adding.”
While Jacob and Rachel viewed him as a blessing added to their family,
his brothers generally perceived him as an unwelcome rival for their father’s attentions.
Demonstrating his favoritism, Jacob gave Joseph a special robe.
The brothers’ hatred for Joseph intensified when he began sharing his dreams with them.
explain Joseph’s dreams and what they meant.
draw a stick figure with a thought bubble. In the thought bubble write the word dreams.