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;

GE-37:32  And they sent the coat of [many] colours, and they

brought

[it] to their father; and said, This have we found: know now

whether

it [be] thy son's coat or no.

GE-37:33  And he knew it, and said, [It is] my son's coat; an

evil

beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

GE-37:34  And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his

loins, and mourned for his son many days.

GE-37:35  And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to

comfort

him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go

down

into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for

him.

GE-37:36  And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar,

an

officer of Pharaoh's, [and] captain of the guard.



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