The Twelve Tribes of Israel [Jacob] were as follows:
The sons of Israel and Leah ... Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun,
The sons of Israel and Zilpah, Leah's handmaid ... Gad and Asher,
The sons of Israel and Rachel ... Joseph and Bejamin,
The sons of Israel and Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid ... Dan and Naphtali.
Esau had five sons that was bared to him in the land of Canaan ... Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jaalam and Korah.
Esau later left Canaan and moved on to Mount Seir, because the land could no longer bear to feed the number of cattle that Esau and his brother
Israel had together.
As time passed, Israel's son Joseph grew into a fine young man that made his father proud.
When Joseph was 17 he took care of the flocks, together with his brothers, the sons of Zilpah and Bilhah.
He told his father everything that they did ... and they got very angry at him for putting them in a bad light in Israel's eyes.
Israel loved Joseph the most and he lovingly made a coat of many colors for Joseph, which Joseph proudly wore wherever he went ... he loved his coat that his father made especially for him.
When his brothers saw that Israel loved Joseph more than anything else, they started to hate Joseph even more.
Then Joseph dreamed a dream ... and told it to his brothers.
He told them his dream: 'For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright ... and behold, your sheaves stood round about, making abeisance to my sheaf.
His brothers didn't like this dream at all. They asked him what he meant ... that they will have to bow before him?
So they took the story to their father, Israel ... and Joseph told the dream again to his father and brothers.
His father rebuked Joseph and said to him: 'What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brothers indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?'
And his brother envied him, but his father observed what was said, and he was thinking about the dream.
Still fuming, Joseph's brother went to Shechem to feed their father's flock.
After a few days Israel called Joseph, confirming with him that his brothers was at Shechem to feed the flock. He then asked Joseph to go to his brothers and the flock to see how things are going ... and then he must get back to Israel to report.
So Joseph immediately started his journey from the safety of Hebron to Shechem.
When he got to Shechem, he started looking for his brothers and the flock, but he couldn't find them. He eventually came upon a lone man and asked him if he had seen his brothers.
The man confirmed that he had ... they went on further to Dothan, where there is more feed for the animals.
Joseph went to Dothan and he found them there.
When his brothers saw him coming from afar, they were fed up with him and decided to kill him and throw him in the first pit they could find ... they wanted to get rid of the pest in their lives ... they would then tell Israel that some wild animal had killed Joseph and eaten him.
They snickered and wandered what would then become of his dreams.
Luckily Reuben overheard this conspiracy and stopped them from killing Joseph.
He said to them: 'Let us not kill him. Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him.' ... that he might rid Joseph out of their hands, to come back for him later and take Joseph back to his father. They then throw Joseph in a pit
So when Joseph reached them, they grabbed him and took of his coat of many colors. They then cast him in the pit ... but the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
They then satisfied sat down to eat a little something, and when they looked up, they saw a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels, bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
And Judah said to his brothers: 'What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh.' ... and his brothers accepted his proposal.
So they got Joseph out of the pit ... and sold him for 20 pieces of silver to the Ishmeelites and they took Joseph with them to Eqypt.
When Reuben later returned to get Joseph out of the pit, to take him back to his father, he found that Joseph was missing. He demanded from his brothers to tell him where Joseph was, but they covered up what they did by dipping Joseph's coat of colors in lamb's blood and brought it back to their father. They told him that it was all that they have found.
Israel confirmed that it was the coat of many colors that he made for Joseph and said a wild beast must have killed his beloved son.
Israel was beyond himself with grieve ... he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins ... and mourned for his son for a very long time.
All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him ... but he was beyond comfort.
He told them that he would go to his grave mourning for his lost child.
And Joseph was sold, in Egypt, to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.
Source: Genesis 37
When his brothers saw that Israel loved Joseph more than anything else, they started to hate Joseph even more.
Then Joseph dreamed a dream ... and told it to his brothers.
He told them his dream: 'For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright ... and behold, your sheaves stood round about, making abeisance to my sheaf.
His brothers didn't like this dream at all. They asked him what he meant ... that they will have to bow before him?
So they took the story to their father, Israel ... and Joseph told the dream again to his father and brothers.
His father rebuked Joseph and said to him: 'What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brothers indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?'
And his brother envied him, but his father observed what was said, and he was thinking about the dream.
Still fuming, Joseph's brother went to Shechem to feed their father's flock.
After a few days Israel called Joseph, confirming with him that his brothers was at Shechem to feed the flock. He then asked Joseph to go to his brothers and the flock to see how things are going ... and then he must get back to Israel to report.
So Joseph immediately started his journey from the safety of Hebron to Shechem.
When he got to Shechem, he started looking for his brothers and the flock, but he couldn't find them. He eventually came upon a lone man and asked him if he had seen his brothers.
The man confirmed that he had ... they went on further to Dothan, where there is more feed for the animals.
Joseph went to Dothan and he found them there.
When his brothers saw him coming from afar, they were fed up with him and decided to kill him and throw him in the first pit they could find ... they wanted to get rid of the pest in their lives ... they would then tell Israel that some wild animal had killed Joseph and eaten him.
They snickered and wandered what would then become of his dreams.
Luckily Reuben overheard this conspiracy and stopped them from killing Joseph.
He said to them: 'Let us not kill him. Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him.' ... that he might rid Joseph out of their hands, to come back for him later and take Joseph back to his father. They then throw Joseph in a pit
So when Joseph reached them, they grabbed him and took of his coat of many colors. They then cast him in the pit ... but the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
They then satisfied sat down to eat a little something, and when they looked up, they saw a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels, bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
And Judah said to his brothers: 'What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh.' ... and his brothers accepted his proposal.
So they got Joseph out of the pit ... and sold him for 20 pieces of silver to the Ishmeelites and they took Joseph with them to Eqypt.
When Reuben later returned to get Joseph out of the pit, to take him back to his father, he found that Joseph was missing. He demanded from his brothers to tell him where Joseph was, but they covered up what they did by dipping Joseph's coat of colors in lamb's blood and brought it back to their father. They told him that it was all that they have found.
Israel confirmed that it was the coat of many colors that he made for Joseph and said a wild beast must have killed his beloved son.
Israel was beyond himself with grieve ... he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins ... and mourned for his son for a very long time.
All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him ... but he was beyond comfort.
He told them that he would go to his grave mourning for his lost child.
And Joseph was sold, in Egypt, to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.
Source: Genesis 37
