10. Joseph also told his father about this dream, but his father criticized him. His father said, “What kind of dream is this? Do you believe that your mother, your brothers, and I will bow down to you?”
11. Joseph’s brothers continued to be jealous of him, but his father thought about all these things and wondered what they could mean.
12. One day Joseph’s brothers went to Shechem to care for their father’s sheep.
13. Jacob said to Joseph, “Go to Shechem. Your brothers are there with my sheep.” Joseph answered, “I will go.”
14. His father said, “Go and see if your brothers are safe. Come back and tell me if my sheep are all fine.” So Joseph’s father sent him from the Valley of Hebron to Shechem.
15. At Shechem, Joseph got lost. A man found him wandering in the fields. The man said, “What are you looking for?”
16. Joseph answered, “I am looking for my brothers. Can you tell me where they are with their sheep?”
17. The man said, “They have already gone away. I heard them say that they were going to Dothan.” So Joseph followed his brothers and found them in Dothan.
18. Joseph’s brothers saw him coming from far away. They decided to make a plan to kill him.
19. They said to each other, “Here comes Joseph the dreamer.
20. We should kill him now while we can. We could throw his body into one of the empty wells and tell our father that a wild animal killed him. Then we will show him that his dreams are useless.”
21. But Reuben wanted to save Joseph. He said, “Let’s not kill him.