Joseph

Joseph's story is told in Genesis 37–50. He was the most beloved of Jacob's sons because he was the first born of Rachel.

His brothers were envious and hated. As they allowed themselves to become angry and jealous of Jacob's gift to Joseph, including a “coat of many colors” they would plot against him. The brothers eventual seized him and sold him to a party of Ishmaelites, or Midianites, who carried him to Egypt as a slave.

Joseph was blessed because he remained faithful to the ways of his fathers. He was spared and given great power.