Genesis 36-37

36 is awful.  I'm sure there's something about Esau's lineage that is important, but I'm not smart enought to know what it is.

Here's my favoriet line from Chapter 37
¹⁹ “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to each other.
I can't imagine the reaction of the brothers, when Joseph explains his dreams.  It must have seemed very self indulgent.  If I were sitting there listening to the story of the dream....I can tell you I'd react the same way they did.  I would never guess this was a true sign from God.  Why wouldn't God send the dream to all the brothers except for Joseph?  That would make more sense to me, and would be more in-line with how the God in my mind works.  Just the fact that Jacob is sending Joseph out to check on his brothers, which indicates that he had unique responsibilities to his brothers, must have enraged them.  God's plan for Joseph is predicated on him being sold into slavery, so perhaps this was God's way of making it all happen.  It just seems a little bit like Joseph is being used as bait for the bad behaviour of his brothers, which is exactly how every human would react to the situation.
This is one story where the movie in my mind is munch more elaborate than the actual story being told.  It states that they pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to the travelers.  In my mind, he's kicking and screaming at them, and asking them why they are doing this to their own brother.  There is a lot of scuffling, and shouting.  The poor midianites can't figure out why there is so much commotion.  Why is this slave being so boisterous and shouting at the other like they are family......strange scene.