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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