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Title: Joseph the Dreamer

Author: Amy Steedman

Release Date: October 9, 2009 [EBook #30218]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Joseph as Ruler of Egypt speaks to his brothers.]

JOSEPH

THE DREAMER

By AMY STEEDMAN

[Illustration]

THOMAS NELSON & SONS

NEW YORK

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The Story of Joseph

[Illustration: The coat of many colours.]

This is the story of Joseph, the boy who had the strangest and most
exciting adventures of any boy who ever lived.

Joseph was but a little lad when his mother died. His father, Jacob,
had loved that mother more than any one else in the world, so that
when she died leaving Joseph and a baby brother, Benjamin, all the
love in the father's heart turned to his two little sons.

The elder brothers were strong, grown-up men, quite able to look
after themselves, and no longer needing their father's care; so
perhaps it was no wonder that Jacob made a special favourite of the
little lad Joseph, and loved him best.

At first the older brothers took no notice of their father's way with
the younger boy; but as Joseph grew older they began to feel uneasy
and envious. Why should this child be marked out for special favour?
Their father took no pains to hide the fact that the boy was the apple
of his eye. Even his clothes showed this.

While the brothers wore the ordinary shepherd clothing, Joseph had a
beautiful coat of many colours. His father had made it for him of
different pieces of coloured cloth joined together, and it was so gay
and beautiful that every one who saw him wearing it said, "This must
be the son of a great chief!"

But if the gay coat made them angry, they were more angry still wh