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The Favorite Son

Long ago, a young man named Joseph lived with his large family in the land of Canaan. Joseph was one of twelve brothers, and his father loved him more than the others. To show this love, his father gave him a beautiful coat that the older brothers envied. Joseph also had unusual dreams, including one where bundles of grain bowed low before him. When he shared these dreams, his brothers grew jealous and could barely speak kindly to him. They could not imagine ever bowing down to their younger brother. Yet Joseph did not know that his hardest days lay just ahead.

Sold and Betrayed

One day the brothers were far from home, watching the family's sheep in distant fields. When Joseph came to check on them, their anger finally boiled over into cruelty. They seized him, argued about his fate, and sold him to traders bound for Egypt. Then they lied to their father, claiming a wild animal had killed Joseph. Just like that, Joseph was gone. He was carried into a foreign land, frightened, lonely, and far from everyone he loved.