9. Now he had still another dream, and related it to his brothers, and said, "Lo, I have had still another dream; and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me."
10. He related it to his father and to his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, "What is this dream that you have had? Shall I and your mother and your brothers actually come to bow ourselves down before you to the ground?"
11. His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.
12. Then his brothers went to pasture their father's flock in Shechem.
13. Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers pasturing the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them." And he said to him, "I will go."
14. Then he said to him, "Go now and see about the welfare of your brothers and the welfare of the flock, and bring word back to me." So he sent him from the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
15. A man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, "What are you looking for?"
16. He said, "I am looking for my brothers; please tell me where they are pasturing the flock."
17. Then the man said, "They have moved from here; for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
18. When they saw him from a distance and before he came close to them, they plotted against him to put him to death.
19. They said to one another, "Here comes this dreamer!
20. Now then, come and let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; and we will say, 'A wild beast devoured him.' Then let us see what will become of his dreams!"
21. But Reuben heard this and rescued him out of their hands and said, "Let us not take his life."