Quotes about Family
Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
— Genesis 37:5
He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”
— Genesis 37:10
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
— Genesis 37:11
Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.
— Genesis 37:12
Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,
— Genesis 37:14
“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”
— Genesis 37:16
“They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
— Genesis 37:17
When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.
— Genesis 37:21
“Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.
— Genesis 37:22
So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—
— Genesis 37:23
Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
— Genesis 37:26
Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.
— Genesis 37:27