The Coat of Many Colors

Description

Beginning with a lovely description of the famed coat, this condensed, well-written retelling of the story from the Book of Genesis highlights the key events in the life of Joseph, favored son of Jacob, and explores timeless themes of sibling rivalry and the power of forgiveness.

Koralek details how the envious sons of Jacob conspired against their sibling and sold him into slavery, but then grew to rue their treachery. The author omits Joseph’s early experiences in Egypt, picking up the narrative with the Pharaoh asking Joseph to interpret his disturbing dreams, which predict an impending famine.

The Egyptian leader, in his gratitude for Joseph’s saving his people from starvation, raises him to a place of power, and the young man is quickly reunited with his remorseful brothers, who have come from their famine-stricken country to buy corn.