Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons since he was a child of his old age, and he made him a fine woolen tunic. His brothers saw that it was he whom their father loved most of all his brothers so they hated him and could not speak to him peaceably.” Genesis 37:3-4.
Joseph's brothers sold him into slavery. They hated him. They rejected him. Oh, how rejection stings. It hurts. In some form or fashion, we all have experienced rejection and felt the effects that it brings. Rejection is a part of life that affects each of us at some point and it's not limited to only one instance.