JOSEPH'S BROTHERS: DAD ALWAYS LIKED YOU BEST

DAD ALWAYS LIKED YOU BEST

(Genesis 37)

Joseph had many brothers.

Ten had a different mother,

But Rachel, the dad’s favorite wife,

Bore Joseph and Benjamin, his brother.

The ten other brothers were jealous,

Of the sons of the favorite wife.

They especially disliked Joseph;

They pondered how to take his life.

Joseph’s father had given to him,

A very special coat.

The brothers angrily noticed how,

On Joseph their father would dote.

Joseph began to dream vivid dreams,

In which he ruled his brothers.

They were mad that he thought he was special,

Just because they had different mothers.

So while the brothers were working the field,

They began to devise a plan.

With Joseph’s demise in mind, they plotted,

How to lessen Jacob’s clan.

But Judah, the oldest brother,

Became somewhat sad.

He convinced the other brothers,

Not to harm the lad.

After taking Joseph’s coat,

They threw him in a dry well.

When travelers offered to buy him,

The brothers agreed to sell.

They got twenty pieces of silver,

It wasn’t exactly a wad.

Another man would be sold one day,

And He’d be the Son of God.

Becky Overturf Wall