Joseph’s Dreams and His Sale into Slavery: The Joseph narrative (37:1–50:26) begins here and concludes with Joseph’s death at the end of Genesis. (See the Introduction for a general overview of the Joseph narrative as a unit.) Joseph comes to the fore as the son of Jacob through whom God is going to direct the clan’s destiny. Both Jacob and God favor Joseph. Jacob gives him an elegant cloak, and God gives him exalted dreams. These favors arouse the jealousy of his brothers. When an opportune occasion presents itself, the brothers rid themselves of their troublesome brother and his annoying dreams by selling him to traveling merchants. They in turn sell him to an important Egyptian official. The brothers conceal their hideous deed from their father by leading him to believe that a wild anim…