Hi everyone. My name is Amber Lawton, and you're listening to Bible at Bedtime,

a podcast where I read the Bible to help you fall asleep. The reason I decided to start this podcast

is because over the years,

I've had trouble falling asleep,

and I discovered that I enjoy listening to the Bible.

But I find some narration to be difficult to follow when trying to follow sleep.

So here tonight, I'm going to read our first selection.

I decided to start with a dreamer, Joseph.

And for tonight, this will be part one, reading Genesis chapter 37 through chapter 40.

So before we get started, go ahead and lay down. Finding a comfortable position.

Take a deep breath in and then out.

And as you breathe,

exhaling the stress of your day

and letting your focus be on peaceful sleep as you hear the word.

Now, Genesis 37, Joseph's dreams.

Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan. These are the family records of Jacob.

At 17 years of age, Joseph tended sheep with his brothers.

The young man was working with the sons of Bilha and Zilpa,

his father's wives, and he brought a bad report about them to their father. Now Israel loved

Joseph more than his other sons because Joseph was a son born to him in his old age, and he made

a robe of many colors for him. When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all

his brothers, they hated him and could not bring themselves to speak peaceably to him.

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