Joseph was born by Rachel, the wife of Jacob. At that time Jacob was the wealthiest man in Canaan. He had a large farm and raised sheep and crops. Since he was so rich, he had many nice things, including a coat of many colors. Jacob had 12 sons including Joseph, and he loved them all, but he loved Joseph the most.

When Joseph was 17, Jacob gave Joseph the colorful coat. Joseph loved the coat very much. It was his most prized possession, but his brothers were very jealous. If I was in Joseph’s shoes at the time he was receiving this great coat, I would feel excited, but at the same time almost scared because I would know there would be trouble ahead.

In contrast to being in Joseph’s shoes, I asked myself how would I feel if I was one of his brothers who did n

In doing this project about Joseph, I learned that he was a very forgiving man. During his lifetime he had to forgive his brothers, Potiphar, Potiphar’s wife, the cupbearer, and probably many others, too. He had to forgive his brothers because they sold him and threw him into a pit. Also, he had to forgive Potiphar because he wrongfully accused Joseph of sleeping with his wife. He had to forgive Potiphar’s wife because she tried to get him to sleep with her and lied about him. And he also had to forgive the cupbearer because he forgot about Joseph for 2 years. It was very fun to do this project and I think that Joseph is a remarkable man.

When Joseph had his long stay in jail, he foretold two dreams. One was of the Pharaoh’s cupbearer, and the other was of the baker, who was in jail with him. The cupbearer’s dream was this: In his dream he saw a vine with three branches on it. The branches made grapes very quickly. Then he saw himself taking the grapes and squeezing them into Pharaoh’s cup. He then gave the cup to Pharaoh. Joseph said that this dream meant that the cupbearer would return to his position in three days. This prophecy came true.

Later that night some merchants were riding by. They were on their way to Egypt to sell spices, so the brothers sold Joseph to the merchants. Joseph spent 27 days with the merchants traveling with them to Egypt and Thebes. Joseph experienced many hardships during his time with them. One of them was that he was treated like a dog. Joseph was tied by the neck to a camel. When it was time to eat, Joseph was untied from the camel and tethered to a tree. I am sure that this must have been very embarrassing. Also, when Joseph was going to be inspected for sale, the customers would look at his teeth, nose, ears, etc. That must have been even worse. This experience for Joseph must have been very humbling because he would have come to know how a slave actually felt. This would teach him not to be mean to others because he would know how it actually felt to be put down.

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