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GE-37:1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a
stranger, in the land of Canaan.
GE-37:2 These [are] the generations of Jacob. Joseph, [being]
seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren;
and the
lad [was] with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah,
his
father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil
report.
GE-37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children,
because
he [was] the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of [many]
colours.
GE-37:4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him
more
than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak
peaceably
unto him.
GE-37:5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told [it] his
brethren:
and they hated him yet the more.
GE-37:6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream
which I
have dreamed:
GE-37:7 For, behold, we [were] binding sheaves in the field,
and, lo,
my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves
stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
GE-37:8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign
over
us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated
him yet
the more for his dreams, and for his words.
GE-37:9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his
brethren,
and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the
sun
and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
GE-37:10 And he told [it] to his father, and to his brethren:
and his
father rebuked him, and said unto him, What [is] this dream that
thou
hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed
come to
bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
GE-37:11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed
the
saying.
GE-37:12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in
Shechem.
GE-37:13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed
[the
flock] in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he
said
to him, Here [am I].
GE-37:14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be
well
with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word
again.
So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
GE-37:15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, [he was]
wandering
in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
GE-37:16 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee,
where
they feed [their flocks].
GE-37:17 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard
them
say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and
found them in Dothan.
GE-37:18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came
near
unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
GE-37:19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer
cometh.
GE-37:20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him
into
some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him:
and we
shall see what will become of his dreams.
GE-37:21 And Reuben heard [it], and he delivered him out of
their
hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
GE-37:22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, [but] cast
him
into this pit that [is] in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon
him;
that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his
father
again.
GE-37:23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his
brethren,
that they stripped Joseph out of his coat, [his] coat of [many]
colours that [was] on him;
GE-37:24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit
[was] empty, [there was] no water in it.
GE-37:25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up
their
eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from
Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh,
going to
carry [it] down to Egypt.
GE-37:26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit [is it]
if we
slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
GE-37:27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let
not
our hand be upon him; for he [is] our brother [and] our flesh.
And his
brethren were content.
GE-37:28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they
drew
and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the
Ishmeelites for twenty [pieces] of silver: and they brought
Joseph
into Egypt.
GE-37:29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph
[was]
not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
GE-37:30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child
[is]
not; and I, whither shall I go?
GE-37:31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the
goats,
and dipped the coat in the blood;
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