Joseph the Dreamer

One night young Joseph had a strange dream: the sun, the moon, and eleven stars all bowed down to him. When Joseph told the dream, his father asked, ". . . were not the eleven stars your eleven brothers?" Jealous and angry, his brothers nicknamed Joseph "the dreamer" and plotted to do away with him as the person who, according to the dream, would one day rule them. When the chance came, they seized him and sold him to some passing traders, who took him to faraway Egypt.Alone and enslaved, Joseph had nothing left but his faith in God and his marvelous ability to tell the meaning of dreams. Through these, he came to be a rich and powerful leader in Egypt. And one day, when their own land was suffering from famine, his brothers came to Egypt in search of food. As in the dream, they bowed down before Joseph. Many years had passed, and they did not know that the great leader was their brother. But Joseph recognized them. Would he choose to punish his brothers or to forgive them?Clyde Robert Bulla retells one of the greatest stories of the Old Testament with dramatic simplicity. The grandeur and adventurous sweep, as well as the deeper meaning of the story, are perfectly conveyed by Gordon Laite's beautiful illustrations.