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Genesis 37
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1And these are the generations of Jacob. And Joseph was seventeen years old, feeding the sheep of his father with his brethren, being young; with the sons of Balla, and with the sons of Zelpha, the wives of his father; and Joseph brought to Israel their father their evil reproach.
1Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan.
3And Jacob loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was to him the son of old age; and he made for him a coat of many colors.
3Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a tunic of many colors.
4And his brethren having seen that his father loved him more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak anything peaceful to him.
4His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn’t speak peaceably to him.
5And Joseph dreamed a dream, and reported it to his brethren.
5Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.
6And he said to them, Hear this dream which I have dreamed.
6He said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:
7I thought you⌃ were binding sheaves in the middle of the field, and my sheaf stood up and was erected, and your sheaves turned round, and did obeisance to my sheaf.
7for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf.”
8And his brethren said to him, Shall you indeed reign over us, or shall you indeed be lord over us? And they hated him still more for his dreams and for his words.
8His brothers asked him, “Will you indeed reign over us? Will you indeed have dominion over us?” They hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words.
9And he dreamed another dream, and related it to his father, and to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed another dream: as it were the sun, and the moon, and the eleven stars did me reverence.
9He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, “Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.”
10And his father rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream which you have dreamed? shall indeed both I and your mother and your brethren come and bow before you to the earth ?
10He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to the earth before you?”
11And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying .
11His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.
12And his brethren went to feed the sheep of their father to Sychem.
12His brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
13And Israel said to Joseph, Do not your brethren feed their flock in Sychem? Come, I will send you to them; and he said to him, Behold, I [am here].
13Israel said to Joseph, “Aren’t your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” He said to him, “Here I am.”
14And Israel said to him, Go and see if your brethren and the sheep are well, and bring me word; and he sent him out of the valley of Chebron, and he came to Sychem.
14He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again.” So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
15And a man found himwandering in the field; and the man asked him, saying, What seek you ?
15A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, “What are you looking for?”
16And he said, I am seeking my brethren; tell mewhere they feed [their flocks].
16He said, “I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock.”
17And the man said to him, They have departed hence, for I heard them saying, Let us go to Dothaim; and Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothaim.
17The man said, “They have left here, for I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.
18And they spied him from a distance before he drew near to them, and they wickedly took counsel to kill him.
18They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.
19And each said to his brother, Behold, that dreamer comes.
19They said to one another, “Behold, this dreamer comes.
20Now then come, let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits; and we will say, An evil wild beast has devoured him; and we shall see what his dreams will be.
20Come now therefore, and let’s kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, ‘An evil animal has devoured him.’ We will see what will become of his dreams.”
21And Ruben having heard it, rescued him out of their hands, and said, Let us not kill him.
21Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, “Let’s not take his life.”
22And Ruben said to them, Shed not blood; cast him into one of these pits in the wilderness, but do not lay [your] hands upon him; that he might rescue him out of their hands, and restore him to his father.
22Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him”—that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.
23And it came to pass, when Joseph came to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his many-coloured coat that was upon him.
23When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him;
24And they took himand cast him into the pit; and the pit was empty, it had not water .
24and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.
25And they sat down to eat bread; and having lifted up their eyes they saw, and behold, Ismaelitish travellers came from Galaad, and their camels were heavily loaded with spices, and resin, and myrrh; and they went to bring them to Egypt.
25They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
26And Judas said to his brethren, What profit is it if we kill our brother, and conceal his blood?
26Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
27Come, let us sell him to these Ismaelites, but let not our hands be upon him, because he is our brother and our flesh; and his brethren listened .
27Come, and let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh.” His brothers listened to him.
28And the men, the merchants of Madian, went by, and they drew and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ismaelites for twenty pieces of gold; and they brought Joseph down into Egypt.
28Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The merchants brought Joseph into Egypt.
29And Ruben returned to the pit, and sees not Joseph in the pit; and he tore his garments.
29Reuben returned to the pit, and saw that Joseph wasn’t in the pit; and he tore his clothes.
30And he returned to his brethren and said, The boy is not; and I, whither am I yet to go?
30He returned to his brothers, and said, “The child is no more; and I, where will I go?”
31And having taken the coat of Joseph, they killed a kid of the goats, and stained the coat with the blood.
31They took Joseph’s tunic, and killed a male goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood.
32And they sent the coat of many colors; and they brought it to their father, and said, This have we found; know if it be your son's coat or no. And he recognized it, and said, It is my son's coat, an evil wild beast has devoured him; a wild beast has carried off Joseph.
32They took the tunic of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, “We have found this. Examine it, now, and see if it is your son’s tunic or not.”
33And Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
33He recognized it, and said, “It is my son’s tunic. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.”
34And all his sons and his daughters gathered themselves together, and came to comfort him; but he would not be comforted, saying, I will go down to my son mourning to Hades; and his father wept for him.
34Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
35And the Madianites sold Joseph into Egypt; to Petephres, the eunuch of Pharao, captain of the guard.
35All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” His father wept for him.