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Genesis 37 · Preschool

Joseph's Coat

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Color Joseph's special coat with lots of bright colors!

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

“Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a tunic of many colors.”

Genesis 37:3 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: Joseph's dad gave him a special coat. Even when bad things happened, God was with Joseph.

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Genesis 37 · Kindergarten

A Special Coat

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Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

COAT
DREAM
JOSEPH
GOD
Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 37:1 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

COAT
GRAIN
SUN
CAMEL

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw your favorite part of today’s story.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for today's Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you be kind when someone gets something special?
  • What can you say when you feel jealous?

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Genesis 37 · Grade 1

Joseph's Dreams

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Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

COAT
DREAM
PIT
EGYPT
Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.

Genesis 37:5 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

A special coat
A dream of grain
An empty pit
Traders to Egypt

Put the Story in Order

Write the number 1 to 4 in each circle to show the right order.

Joseph dreamed a dream

When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his tunic

Midianites who were merchants passed by

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children

Draw your favorite part of today’s story.

Memory Verse

“Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.”

Genesis 37:5 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for today's Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you be kind when someone gets something special?
  • What can you say when you feel jealous?
  • How can you cheer for someone else who wins?

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Genesis 37 · Grade 2

Joseph Is Sold

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Read the Story

Jacob loved his son Joseph very much. He gave Joseph a beautiful coat. Joseph's brothers were jealous. They were not kind to him.

Joseph had dreams. In one dream, his brothers' bundles of grain bowed down to his bundle. When he told them, they were even more angry.

One day Joseph went to find his brothers in the fields. They threw him into an empty pit. Then they sold him to traders going to Egypt. They told their father that Joseph was gone. Jacob was very sad. But God was still with Joseph.

Memory Verse

“Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a tunic of many colors.”

Genesis 37:3 (WEB)

Show What You Know

Circle the right answer, or write it on the lines.

  1. What did Jacob give Joseph?

    A beautiful coatJealousEgypt

  2. How did Joseph's brothers feel?

    JealousEgyptA beautiful coat

  3. What bowed down in Joseph's dream?

  4. Where did the brothers put Joseph?

    A beautiful coatIn an empty pitEgypt

  5. Where were the traders going?

    JealousIn an empty pitEgypt

Word Search

Find and circle each word. Words go across and down.

BOUTOCYDRCJUGDHTLONAPOGRRLVYBMDPRENHJOSEPHAAJHAIPLCFIMBYUYISOPNDHOMMTUAJKGWELDLNT
  • JOSEPH
  • DREAM
  • GRAIN
  • CAMEL
  • COAT
  • GOD
  • SUN
  • PIT

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for today's Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you be fair to your brothers or sisters?
  • When do you feel left out?

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Genesis 37 · Grade 3

Sold into Slavery

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Read the Story

Joseph was seventeen and helped his brothers care for the flocks. Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because he was born in his old age, and made him a special coat. His brothers hated him and could not speak kindly to him.

Joseph dreamed that his brothers' sheaves of grain bowed to his sheaf. He dreamed again that the sun, moon and eleven stars bowed to him. His brothers envied him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

Jacob sent Joseph to check on his brothers near Shechem. They saw him coming and said, Behold, this dreamer comes. They plotted to kill him, but Reuben said, Let's not take his life, and they threw him into an empty pit. Judah said, What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? Come, and let's sell him. They sold Joseph for twenty pieces of silver to traders going to Egypt. They dipped his coat in goat's blood, and Jacob believed a wild animal had killed Joseph. Jacob mourned many days. In Egypt Joseph was sold to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh.

Memory Verse

“His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.”

Genesis 37:11 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. How old was Joseph at the start of this story?

  2. What bowed to Joseph in his second dream?

  3. Which brother said, Let's not take his life?

  4. How much did the brothers sell Joseph for?

  5. Who bought Joseph in Egypt?

Story Order

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for today's Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you be fair to your brothers or sisters?
  • When do you feel left out?

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Genesis 37 · Grade 4

Jealousy Grows

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Read and Think

Genesis 37 begins the story of Joseph, which fills most of the rest of Genesis. Jacob's favoritism toward Joseph was unwise. He gave Joseph a special coat, a sign of honor. This made the brothers bitter.

Joseph's dreams were from God, but sharing them with his angry brothers made things worse. Jealousy grew into hatred, and hatred grew into a plan to kill. 1 John 3:15 warns that hating a brother is like murder in the heart.

Reuben and Judah stopped the murder, but the brothers still sold Joseph and deceived their father, just as Jacob once deceived his father with goatskins and his brother's clothes. Joseph's future looked hopeless. Yet God was at work in ways no one could see.

Show What You Know

  1. What was unwise about Jacob's actions?

  2. How did the brothers' sin grow step by step?

  3. What does 1 John 3:15 say about hatred?

  4. How did the brothers' deception echo Jacob's own past?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

JosephcoatGod
  1. Genesis 37 begins the story of , which fills most of the rest of Genesis.
  2. He gave Joseph a special , a sign of honor.
  3. Yet was at work in ways no one could see.

Think About It

  1. How can jealousy grow if we don't deal with it? What can you do when you feel jealous?

  2. Joseph didn't know how God would use his suffering. How can you trust God when things look hopeless?

Memory Verse

“His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.”

Genesis 37:11 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for today's Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you be glad when good things happen to others?
  • How can you speak about your gifts without bragging?

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Genesis 37 · Grade 5

The Dreamer

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Read and Think

Genesis 37 opens the final major section of Genesis: This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, seventeen, brings a bad report about his brothers, and Israel openly favors him with a special robe. The family that already suffered from Jacob's preference for Rachel now passes that wound to the next generation. The brothers hated him, and couldn't speak peaceably to him.

Joseph's two dreams, of sheaves bowing and of the sun, moon and eleven stars bowing, are God's revelation of the future, and they will be fulfilled in Egypt. But Joseph's youthful sharing of them fuels his brothers' envy. Even Jacob rebukes him, though he kept this saying in mind. Envy, Scripture warns, rots the bones (Proverbs 14:30).

At Dothan the brothers' envy becomes violence. They plan murder; Reuben intervenes, hoping to rescue Joseph later; Judah proposes selling him instead, for profit. They sell their brother for twenty shekels of silver and deceive their father with a goat's blood and the robe, an ironic echo of Jacob's own deception of Isaac. Jacob refuses comfort. Yet the chapter ends with a quiet note of hope: Joseph is in Egypt, in the house of Potiphar. Later Joseph will say, You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good (Genesis 50:20).

Show What You Know

  1. How did Jacob's favoritism pass a wound to the next generation?

  2. Were Joseph's dreams from God? How do we know?

  3. What different roles did Reuben and Judah play?

  4. What is ironic about the brothers' deception of Jacob?

  5. How does Genesis 50:20 help us read this chapter?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

GodJosephEgypt
  1. , seventeen, brings a bad report about his brothers, and Israel openly favors him with a special robe.
  2. Yet the chapter ends with a quiet note of hope: Joseph is in , in the house of Potiphar.
  3. Later Joseph will say, You meant evil against me, but meant it for good (Genesis 50:20).

Think About It

  1. Proverbs says envy rots the bones. How does envy harm the person who feels it?

  2. How does knowing Genesis 50:20 help you face hard situations you don't understand?

Memory Verse

“His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.”

Genesis 37:11 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for today's Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you be glad when good things happen to others?
  • How can you speak about your gifts without bragging?
  • How can you trust God when someone treats you badly?

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org. © 2026 The Daily Rooted. Free to print and copy for church and home use; not for resale. Original line art.