Genesis 37
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And Jacob dwelleth in the land of his father's sojournings--in the land of Canaan. 2 These [are] births of
Jacob: Joseph, a son of seventeen years, hath been enjoying himself with his
brethren among the flock, (and he [is] a youth,) with the sons of Bilhah, and
with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives, and
Joseph bringeth in an account of their evil unto
their father. 3 And Israel hath loved Joseph more than any of his sons, for he
[is] a son of his old age, and hath made for him a long coat; 4 and his
brethren see that their father hath loved him more than any of his brethren,
and they hate him, and have not been able to speak [to] him peaceably. 5 And
Joseph dreameth a dream, and declareth
to his brethren, and they add still more to hate him. 6 And he saith unto them, `Hear ye, I pray you, this dream which I
have dreamed: 7 that, lo, we are binding bundles in the midst of the field, and
lo, my bundle hath arisen, and hath also stood up, and lo, your bundles are
round about, and bow themselves to my bundle.' 8 And his brethren say to him, `Dost thou certainly reign over us? dost thou certainly rule
over us?' and they add still more to hate him, for his dreams, and for his
words. 9 And he dreameth yet another dream, and recounteth it to his brethren, and saith,
`Lo, I have dreamed a dream again, and lo, the sun and the moon, and eleven
stars, are bowing themselves to me.' 10 And he recounteth
unto his father, and unto his brethren; and his father pusheth
against him, and saith to him, `What [is] this dream
which thou hast dreamt? do we certainly come--I, and thy mother, and thy
brethren--to bow ourselves to thee, to the earth?' 11 and his brethren are
zealous against him, and his father hath watched the matter. 12 And his
brethren go to feed the flock of their father in Shechem,
13 and Israel saith unto Joseph, `Are not thy
brethren feeding in Shechem? come, and I send thee
unto them;' and he saith to him, `Here [am] I;' 14
and he saith to him, `Go, I pray thee, see the peace
of thy brethren, and the peace of the flock, and bring me back word;' and he sendeth him from the valley of Hebron, and he cometh to Shechem. 15 And a man findeth
him, and lo, he is wandering in the field, and the man asketh
him, saying, `What seekest thou?' 16 and he saith, `My brethren I am seeking, declare to me, I pray
thee, where they are feeding?' 17 And the man saith,
`They have journeyed from this, for I have heard some saying, Let us go to
Dothan,' and Joseph goeth after his brethren, and findeth them in Dothan. 18 And they see him from afar, even
before he draweth near unto them, and they conspire
against him to put him to death. 19 And they say one unto another, `Lo, this
man of the dreams cometh; 20 and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into
one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast hath devoured him; and we see
what his dreams are.' 21 And Reuben heareth, and delivereth him out of their hand, and saith,
`Let us not smite the life;' 22 and Reuben saith unto
them, `Shed no blood; cast him into this pit which [is] in the wilderness, and
put not forth a hand upon him,'--in order to deliver him out of their hand, to
bring him back unto his father. 23 And it cometh to pass, when Joseph hath come
unto his brethren, that they strip Joseph of his coat, the long coat which [is]
upon him, 24 and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit [is] empty,
there is no water in it. 25 And they sit down to eat bread, and they lift up
their eyes, and look, and lo, a company of Ishmaelites
coming from Gilead, and their camels bearing spices, and balm, and myrrh, going
to take [them] down to Egypt. 26 And Judah saith unto
his brethren, `What gain when we slay our brother,
and have concealed his blood? 27 Come, and we sell him to the Ishmaelites, and our hands are not on him, for he [is] our
brother--our flesh;' and his brethren hearken. 28 And Midianite merchantmen
pass by and they draw out and bring up Joseph out of the pit, and sell Joseph
to the Ishmaelites for twenty silverlings,
and they bring Joseph into Egypt. 29 And Reuben returneth
unto the pit, and lo, Joseph is not in the pit, and he rendeth
his garments, 30 and he returneth unto his brethren,
and saith, `The lad is not, and I--whither am I
going?' 31 And they take the coat of Joseph, and slaughter a kid of the goats,
and dip the coat in the blood, 32 and send the long coat, and they bring [it]
in unto their father, and say, `This have we found; discern, we pray thee,
whether it [is] thy son's coat or not?' 33 And he discerneth
it, and saith, `My son's coat! an evil beast hath
devoured him; torn--torn is Joseph!' 34 And Jacob rendeth his raiment, and putteth
sackcloth on his loins, and becometh a mourner for
his son many days, 35 and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort
him, and he refuseth to comfort himself, and saith, `For--I go down mourning unto my son, to Sheol,' and his father weepeth
for him. 36 And the Medanites have sold him unto
Egypt, to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners.