To my surprise Simeon kept his word to me and arranged Schecem's sisters to visit me. Whilst they were there, we, I say we but it was really just they, made furnishing covers for our new house that father was building. Considering how big the house was - it was amazingly fast in its erection.

Father was exceedingly thoughtful in building this house. He even prepared a room for us to bathe in and perform the mikvah at the end of our cycles. There were a few of us now, so all of us appreciated that he had thought of this. It was better than going down to the stream to perform it that was for sure!

We would have to use buckets to fill the bath and a rectangular drain was added so the water could drain out to water the crops we were growing close to the house. The drain seal was a little heavy, but we got used to it.

The house was finished while I was still recovering from punching the lion. Schecem's sisters would come over and I would entertain them in our now front room, set up for greeting and entertaining people. The cushions in this room, the sisters and I had made in our daily chats. It was nice sitting on our handiwork. I have to say I was impressed with our work.

In moving into the house, it became clear we were lacking in a lot of things, namely cushions to sleep on, so the girls and I got to making more while we chatted. Schecem would make it part of his routine to walk his sisters out and back from town. I did not always see him, but his sisters would always send his greetings to me.

I have to say a queer sensation would enter me at these times. Was it pleasure? I was not entirely sure. I would smile and send my greetings back, not at all sure that my father would approve of this, it felt somewhat deceitful, a guilty pleasure.

It was in this time that Joseph said to his brothers, and I overheard him describing his dream to them, "Listen to this dream I had: We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it."

My brothers were understandably annoyed by this dream and said to Joseph, "Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?"

It appeared to me that they hated Joseph all the more because of this dream and what he had said to them. Things were finally starting to settle down between all my brothers, when Joseph had another dream. Instead of keeping it to himself, he told it to all of us.

We were having a family get together to thank God for his provision to us in this land, when Joseph told us of his latest dream.

"Listen," he said, "I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me."

Father rebuked him and said, "What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?"

Needless to say, Joseph was not popular in our household for a while. He was tutored in the far corner of the house, basically to keep him away from anyone, as every one of his brothers wanted to beat him up for his dreams and the rich cloak that Father gave him in this time did not help matters at all. It just made him seem more... arrogant.

I understood Fathers reasoning for the tutoring. Not everyone is suited for labour, and although Joseph could do it, he was better off learning to do the book work. He, was the one, after all, that had come up with the way for us to have that indoor bath. Father had just said in passing that he would like to have a place for us to bathe, but removing the water would be an issue. Joseph went away and thought up the solution. I have to give him that - Joseph was exceedingly clever when it came to fixing problems.

Unlike Joseph, I did not enjoy being constrained in the house, and towards the end of my time being constrained I was able to escape the confines of home with my brother Rueben. I was happy about that as Rueben had a tendency to misplace people. I figured I would sneak off and get some more linen for the cushions we were making, in that time, and hopefully get to interact with other people.

My plan did not quite go as I had intended.

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