Bible symbols; designed and arranged to stimulate a greater interest in the study of the Bible by both young and old . oung brother spared for his old fathers sake. And so whenyoung Joseph, the dreamer, and the darling of his father, camenear, the hard-hearted brothers seized him and first strippingoff the beautiful * coat of many colors, which had helped tocause their jealousy and ill feeling, they threw him into one ofthe pits so often found in that country. Why had these men learned to hate their young brother,the son of Jacobs old age, and the firstborn of the ? More than


Bible symbols; designed and arranged to stimulate a greater interest in the study of the Bible by both young and old . oung brother spared for his old fathers sake. And so whenyoung Joseph, the dreamer, and the darling of his father, camenear, the hard-hearted brothers seized him and first strippingoff the beautiful * coat of many colors, which had helped tocause their jealousy and ill feeling, they threw him into one ofthe pits so often found in that country. Why had these men learned to hate their young brother,the son of Jacobs old age, and the firstborn of the ? More than once Joseph had dreamed strange dreams,which he told in the innocence of his heart. Always the dreamsseemed to mean that he would one day be in high honor, andhis brothers would bow down to him and serve him. Thesedreams, and the fondness with which his father looked upon thisbeloved son, had stirred their hearts to hatred, and they allowedthe spirit of envy and jealousy to drive them to thoughts ofmurder. But now a new thought came to one of their company of traveling merchants came in sight, and they 6. 28


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