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Bible Stories · Ages 7+ · Set A
Joseph's coat
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Remember: The Bible tells how jealousy grew in Joseph's brothers until Joseph was taken far away to Egypt.

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A coat and two dreamsJoseph was seventeen, and he helped his older brothers lead the family's sheep. His father Jacob loved him 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. His brothers felt jealous. Then Joseph told them 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. One day he walked to Dothan to find his brothers. They took off his coat and let him down into a dry well. Then traders came by with camels, and the brothers sold Joseph for twenty pieces of silver.
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In those days, why was a colorful coat a rare gift?
🎨Bright dyes were costly👑Only kings could wear coats🥇Coats were made of gold
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Joseph was years old when he helped his brothers with the sheep.
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Circle everything that bowed down to Joseph in his dreams.
🌾Bundles of grain☀️The sun🐑The sheep⭐Eleven stars🐪The camels
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The brothers felt glad when Joseph told them his dreams.
TrueFalse
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What did the brothers bring to Jacob?
💰A bag of silver🧥Joseph's coat, made to look torn and dirty🦯Joseph's walking stick

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Join each person to what the story says.
  1. 1Jacob
  2. 2Reuben
  3. 3Judah
  4. 4The traders
  • Atook Joseph to Egypt
  • Bsaid not to harm him
  • Csaid to sell him to the traders
  • Dloved Joseph most of all
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Number the story in order.
  • Joseph is put in a dry well
  • The coat is shown to Jacob
  • Joseph walks to Dothan
  • Joseph tells two dreams
  • Traders come along the road
  • Jacob gives Joseph a coat

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Sam wrote that the brothers felt glad about the dreams. Fix it: They felt even more .
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Write one kind thing you could do when you feel jealous.
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Draw Joseph's coat of many colors.
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Reuben said not to harm Joseph. What had Reuben planned?
💰To sell Joseph to the traders🪢To rescue Joseph later🧥To take the coat home
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Answer key · Set A
Joseph's coat
1Bright dyes were costly In those days bright dyes were costly, so a coat of many colors was a rare gift.
217 The story says Joseph was seventeen.
3Bundles of grain, The sun, Eleven stars Bundles of grain bowed in one dream. The sun, the moon and eleven stars bowed in the other. The sheep and camels did not.
4False They felt more jealous than ever. They asked, will you rule over us?
5Joseph's coat, made to look torn and dirty They made the coat look torn and dirty and asked Jacob if it was his son's.
61-D, 2-B, 3-C, 4-A Jacob loved Joseph most, Reuben said not to harm him, Judah said to sell him, and the traders took him to Egypt.
74, 6, 3, 2, 5, 1 The coat and dreams come first, then Dothan, the well, the traders, and last Jacob sees the coat.
8jealous Jealous means wanting what someone else has, and feeling upset about it.
9Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
11To rescue Joseph later Reuben, the oldest, planned to rescue Joseph later. It was Judah who said to sell him.
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