JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN.

was the youngest, except one, whose
name was Benjamin; and to show his
creat love, the fond father gave him
a rich dress of many colours, such as
was worn by princes in those days,
which made his brothers jealous of him,
and they hated him in their hearts.
Nowit happened thatJoseph dream-
ed this dream, and he told it to his
brothers: ‘ Behold, we were binding
sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf
arose, and also stood upright; and, be-
hold, your sheaves stood round about,
and made obeisance to my sheaf. Af-
ter this, he dreamed another dream,—
that the sun and the moon and the
eleven stars made obeisance unto him.
His brethren thought this meant that

he should one day be a great man, and
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