Here is the Torah text that children are exploring during Week 1 of our Yosef (Joseph) theme.
| בְּרֵאשִׁית לז.א-יא | Genesis 37:1-11 |
| א) וַיֵּשֶׁב יַעֲקֹב בְּאֶרֶץ מְגוּרֵי אָבִיו–בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן | Ya’akov lived in the land of Cana’an. This is the story of Ya’akov and all his family. |
| ב) אֵלֶּה תֹּלְדוֹת יַעֲקֹב, יוֹסֵף בֶּן-שְׁבַע-עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה הָיָה רֹעֶה אֶת-אֶחָיו בַּצֹּאן, וְהוּא נַעַר אֶת-בְּנֵי בִלְהָה וְאֶת-בְּנֵי זִלְפָּה, נְשֵׁי אָבִיו; וַיָּבֵא יוֹסֵף אֶת-דִּבָּתָם רָעָה אֶל-אֲבִיהֶם | When Ya’akov’s son Yosef was 17 years old, he helped tend his father’s flocks with his brothers. Yosef would bring bad reports about his brothers to their father. |
| ג) וְיִשְׂרָאֵל אָהַב אֶת-יוֹסֵף מִכָּל-בָּנָיו–כִּי-בֶן-זְקֻנִים הוּא לוֹ; וְעָשָׂה לוֹ כְּתֹנֶת פַּסִּים | Now Ya’akov loved Yosef best of all his sons, for Yosef was the child of his old age. Ya’akov made him a tunic with many colors. |
| ד) וַיִּרְאוּ אֶחָיו כִּי-אֹתוֹ אָהַב אֲבִיהֶם מִכָּל-אֶחָיו | Then his brothers saw that their father loved Yosef best of any of them |
| וַיִּשְׂנְאוּ אֹתוֹ | and they hated him |
| וְלֹא יָכְלוּ דַּבְּרוֹ לְשָׁלֹם | and could not speak a friendly word to him. |
| ה) וַיַּחֲלֹם יוֹסֵף חֲלוֹם | And Yosef dreamed a dream |
| וַיַּגֵּד לְאֶחָיו; וַיּוֹסִפוּ עוֹד שְׂנֹא אֹתוֹ | and told it to his brothers, and they hated him even more. |
| ו) וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם: שִׁמְעוּ-נָא הַחֲלוֹם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר חָלָמְתִּי | He said to them, “Listen to this dream I dreamed: |
| ז) וְהִנֵּה אֲנַחְנוּ מְאַלְּמִים אֲלֻמִּים בְּתוֹךְ הַשָּׂדֶה | And הִנֵה there we were, tying up bundles (sheaves) of grain in the field, |
| וְהִנֵּה קָמָה אֲלֻמָּתִי וְגַם-נִצָּבָה | and הִנֵה {sharp intake of breath}, my bundle rose up, it was standing up, |
| וְהִנֵּה תְסֻבֶּינָה אֲלֻמֹּתֵיכֶם וַתִּשְׁתַּחֲוֶיןָ לַאֲלֻמָּתִי | and הִנֵה your bundles got in a circle around it and bowed down to my bundle.” |
| ח) וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ אֶחָיו הֲמָלֹךְ תִּמְלֹךְ עָלֵינוּ אִם-מָשׁוֹל תִּמְשֹׁל בָּנוּ | His brothers said, “Do you mean to be king, to rule over us?” |
| וַיּוֹסִפוּ עוֹד שְׂנֹא אֹתוֹ עַל-חֲלֹמֹתָיו וְעַל-דְּבָרָיו | And they hated him even more, because of his dreams and because of his words. |
| ט) וַיַּחֲלֹם עוֹד חֲלוֹם אַחֵר | But Yosef dreamed another dream |
| וַיְסַפֵּר אֹתוֹ לְאֶחָיו; וַיֹּאמֶר | and told it to his father and his brothers, saying, |
| הִנֵּה חָלַמְתִּי חֲלוֹם עוֹד, וְהִנֵּה הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וְהַיָּרֵחַ וְאַחַד עָשָׂר כּוֹכָבִים מִשְׁתַּחֲוִים לִי | “Look הִנֵה I dreamed another dream, and הִנֵה the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.” |
| י) וַיְסַפֵּר אֶל-אָבִיו וְאֶל-אֶחָיו וַיִּגְעַר-בּוֹ אָבִיו וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ מָה הַחֲלוֹם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר חָלָמְתָּ: הֲבוֹא נָבוֹא, אֲנִי וְאִמְּךָ וְאַחֶיךָ, לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹת לְךָ אָרְצָה | His father scolded him, saying, “What is this dream you have dreamed? Are we going to come – I and your mother and your brothers – to bow down to you, to the ground?” |
| יא) וַיְקַנְאוּ-בוֹ, אֶחָיו; וְאָבִיו, שָׁמַר אֶת-הַדָּבָר | And his brothers felt jealous, and his father remembered the dream. |
