³ Now Israel^(A) loved Joseph more than any of his other sons,^(B) because he had been born to him in his old age;^(C) and he made an ornate^[a] robe^(D) for him.^{(E) 4} When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him^(F) and could not speak a kind word to him.

⁵ Joseph had a dream,^(G) and when he told it to his brothers,^(H) they hated him all the more.^{(I) 6} He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had: ⁷ We were binding sheaves^(J) of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.”^(K)

⁸ His brothers said to him, “Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?”^(L) And they hated him all the more^(M) because of his dream and what he had said.

⁹ Then he had another dream,^(N) and he told it to his brothers. “Listen,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars^(O) were bowing down to me.”^(P)

¹⁰ When he told his father as well as his brothers,^(Q) his father rebuked^(R) him and said, “What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”^{(S) 11} His brothers were jealous of him,^(T) but his father kept the matter in mind.^(U)