Summary
In Genesis 37, Joseph, at seventeen, is favored by his father Jacob, who gives him a bright coat. The brothers, incensed by the favoritism and Joseph’s dreams of dominance, conspire to kill him but instead throw him into a pit. They then sell him to passing Ishmaelite traders for twenty pieces of silver, and he is taken to Egypt. Jacob mourns deeply, sending the coat to confirm Joseph’s death, but later learns Joseph is alive in Egypt. The narrative sets up Joseph’s future trials and eventual rise in Egypt, while exposing family conflict driven by jealousy and fear.