🧥a coat of many colors🌾bundles of grain🕳️a dry well🐪traders' camels
A coat and two dreams.
The big ideaThe Bible tells us Joseph's brothers were jealous, and Joseph was taken far away to Egypt.
How it works
Joseph's father Jacob had twelve sons. He loved Joseph most of all and gave him a long coat of many colors. In those days bright dyes were costly, so it was a rare gift.
Joseph told two dreams. In one, bundles of grain bowed to his bundle. In the other, the sun, the moon and eleven stars bowed down to him. His brothers were more jealous than ever.
At Dothan the brothers took off his coat and let him down into a dry well. Then traders came by, and they sold Joseph for twenty pieces of silver.
The traders took him far away to Egypt. The Bible tells us God was with Joseph, even far from home.
The story in a row.The two dreams.
Example 1: Tell it in four steps
Gift: Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colors.
Dreams: Joseph told his brothers two dreams.
Well: the brothers put him in a dry well.
Traders: they sold him, and the traders took him to Egypt.
Example 2: Who said what?
Reuben, the oldest, said not to harm Joseph, because he planned to rescue him later.
Judah said to sell him to the traders instead.
The brothers agreed, and sold Joseph for twenty pieces of silver.
Example 3: In those days
Bright dyes were costly, so a colorful coat was a rare gift.
Silver was weighed on a scale, not counted as coins.
Camels carried spices and perfumes to Egypt.
Example 4: What jealous means
Jealous means wanting what someone else has, and feeling upset about it.
The brothers saw how much their father loved Joseph, and they felt jealous.
When you feel jealous, you can say something kind. Kind words ease jealousy.
Words to know
trader
Someone who buys and sells goods, often far from home.
silver
A shiny metal that was used as money long ago.
jealous
Wanting what someone else has, and feeling upset about it.
Watch out
Reuben said not to harm Joseph. It was Judah who said to sell him.
The well was deep and dry, with no water in it.
The brothers made the coat look torn and dirty before they showed it to Jacob.
Try it
What gift did Jacob give Joseph?
Who bowed down in Joseph's second dream?
Where did the brothers put Joseph?
How many pieces of silver did the traders pay?
Answers: 1. A long coat of many colors · 2. The sun, the moon and eleven stars · 3. In a deep, dry well · 4. Twenty
Try at homeWith a grown-up, talk about what it feels like to be left out, and say one kind thing to someone today.
For grown-upsTalk about feeling left out or jealous without hurrying to a lesson. The story says what the brothers did; your child can say what a kind word could look like.
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