In the town of Canaan lived a boy named Joseph. He had 10 older brothers and one younger brother. Their father Jacob liked Joseph very much. This made his older brothers jealous of him and there is another reason why they hated him.
Joseph had two dreams. In both dreams his brothers bowed down to him. When Joseph shared his dreams to his brothers their hatred grew even more than before.
Some time later the brothers had gone to Shechem, to find pasture for their sheep. Jacob began to worry and he told Joseph “Joseph, your brothers have been gone so long, please go and see if they’re all right.” When Joseph’s brothers see him coming, one of them say: “Let’s kill him!”, but Reuban, the oldest brother say, “No don’t do that”.
Instead they grab Joseph and put him into a pit.
At that time some Ishmaelite men come along. Then Judah says to his brothers: Let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites”, and that’s what they did. They sell him for 20 pieces of silver and Joseph was led away to Egypt.
Joseph just could not keep from crying. “Will I ever see my father and my little Benjamin again?’ wonder Joseph. Now, what will the brothers tell their father? They kill a goat and dip Joseph’s coat into the goat’s blood. This is to let his father know that a wild animal had killed his son. After hearing to his sons, Jacob cried out and no one can comfort him.
Even though Joseph’s brothers knew he was still alive and they saw how sad their father was they still didn’t tell the terrible thing they had done.
Deception is never the right choice. One lie leads to another. God can help to keep deception out of our lives if we ask Him.
