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They were all sons of Esau and leaders of the family groups of Edom.

Dishon had four sons. They were Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran.

Ezer had three sons. They were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.

Dishan had two sons. They were Uz and Aran.

Joseph's brothers continued to be jealous of him, but his father thought about all these things and wondered what they could mean.

The man said, "They have already gone away. I heard them say that they were going to Dothan." So Joseph followed his brothers and found them in Dothan.

When Joseph came to his brothers, they attacked him and tore off his long and beautiful coat.

While Joseph was in the well, the brothers sat down to eat. They looked up and saw a group of traders traveling from Gilead to Egypt. Their camels were carrying many different spices and riches.

The Midianite traders later sold Joseph in Egypt. They sold him to Potiphar, an officer of the king of Egypt and the captain of his palace guards.

Then Judah said to Er's brother Onan, "Go and sleep with your dead brother's wife. Become like a husband to her. If children are born, they will belong to your brother Er."

The men went to Tamar to kill her, but she sent a message to her father-in-law that said, "The man who made me pregnant is the man who owns these things. Look at them. Whose are they? Whose special seal and string is this? Whose walking stick is this?"

In the dream, seven cows came out of the river and stood there eating grass. They were healthy, good-looking cows.

Pharaoh went back to sleep and began dreaming again. This time he dreamed that he saw seven heads of grain growing on one plant. They were healthy and full of grain.

Then he saw seven more heads of grain sprouting, but they were thin and scorched by the hot wind.

Seven cows came up out of the river and stood there eating the grass. They were healthy, good-looking cows.

Then I saw seven more cows come up out of the river after them, but these cows were thin and looked sick. They were the worst cows I had ever seen anywhere in Egypt!

but they still looked thin and sick. You couldn't even tell they had eaten the healthy cows. They looked as thin and sick as they did in the beginning. Then I woke up.

"In my next dream I saw seven heads of grain growing on one plant. They were healthy and full of grain.

And then seven more heads of grain grew after them, but they were thin and scorched by the hot wind.

Joseph was using an interpreter to talk to his brothers, so the brothers did not know that he understood their language. He heard and understood everything they said, and that made him want to cry. So he turned away and left the room. When he came back, he took one of the brothers, Simeon, and tied him up while the others watched.