12Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem. 13Israel said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.”
“I am ready,” Joseph replied.
14Then 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, 15a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”
16“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”
17“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.
18Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him. 19“Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another. 20“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
Joseph was in a supervisory position, placed above his brothers by their father. He was asked by Israel to check on his brothers and his fathers flocks and to report back word to him. If his brothers were doing anything wrong he would surely report it.
“Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance”, they saw him coming and knew it was him because he was wearing the coat of many colors.
“Here comes that dreamer!” They were in essence mocking the God induced dreams that Joseph foolishly told them about. So they plotted to kill him.
“Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
Stay tuned!
God won’t be mocked!
Are you a dreamer?
Blessings, David
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