A36 Joseph And His Brothers Poem by Simple Simon

Jacob loved Joseph, his son,
More than his other children.
For this, there was a reason:
Late in his life, Joseph was born.

The other children born
To the two slave women,
Were too jealous of him
And teased him all the time.

About his dreams, Joseph said,
'Listen to the dream what I had.
Around my wheat sheaf in the field,
Your sheaves circled and bowed.'

They heckled, 'It is nonsense.
Are you a king to rule us? '
At first, they decided to kill
And throw him in a dry well.

Later, they decided not to kill,
But threw him in a dry well.
They then sold him to a stranger
For twenty pieces of silver.

A goat they killed,
And drained its blood;
His clothes, they soaked,
And to Jacob, they showed.

Seeing his clothes, Jacob believed,
That his son was killed
By some animals wild,
And for many days, he cried.