Gen 37 | ABEn | STEP | [ 3 dwelt 1 And 2 Jacob] in the land of which [ 2 sojourned 1 his father] in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 37

CHAPTER 37 Joseph's Dreams

1 [³dwelt ¹And ²Jacob] in the land of which [²sojourned ¹his father] in the land of Canaan. 2 These are the generations of Jacob. And Joseph [²ten ³and ⁴seven ⁵years old ¹was] tending the sheep of his father with his brothers, being young among the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, the wives of his father. And they brought against Joseph [²fault ¹a bad] to Israel their father. 3 But Jacob loved Joseph beyond all his sons, for [³the son ⁴of old age ¹he was ²to him]. And he made for him [²garment ¹a colored]. 4 [³seeing ¹And ²his brothers] that [⁴him ¹the ²father ³was fond of] over all of his sons, they detested him, and were not able to speak to him, not one thing peaceable. 5 [³dreaming ¹And ²Joseph] a dream, reported it to his brothers. 6 And he said to them, Hear this dream which I dreamed! 7 I imagined you all were binding sheaves in the middle of the plain. And there rose up my sheaf, and it was straight up. [⁴moving around ¹And ³sheaves ²your], did obeisance to my sheaf. 8 [³said ¹And ⁴to him ²his brothers], Do you mean in reigning you will reign over us, or in dominating you will dominate us? And they added still to detest him because of his dreams, and because of his words. 9 And he saw [²dream ¹another]. And he described it to his father, and to his brothers. And he said, Behold, I dreamed [²dream ¹another]; as if the sun, and the moon, and eleven stars did obeisance to me. 10 And [²reproached ³him ¹his father], and said to him, What is this dream which you dreamed? Is it so indeed in having come I will come also, and your mother, and your brothers, to do obeisance to you upon the ground? 11 [³envied ¹And ⁴him ²his brothers], but his father kept the saying. 12 [³went ¹And ²his brothers] to graze the sheep of their father in Shechem. 13 And Israel said to Joseph, Did not your brothers tend in Shechem? Come, I will send you to them. And he said to him, Behold, I am ready. 14 [³said ¹And ⁴to him ²Israel], In going see if [²are in health ¹your brothers] and the sheep, and announce it to me! And he sent him from the valley of Hebron. And he came into Shechem. 15 And [²found ³him ¹a man] wandering in the plain. [⁴asked ¹And ⁵him ²the ³man], saying, What do you seek? 16 And he said, [²my brothers ¹I seek]; report to me where they graze! 17 [⁴said ¹And ⁵to him ²the ³man], They have departed from here. For I heard them saying, Let us go unto Dothan. And Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.

Joseph Sold into Egypt

18 And they spied him far off before his approaching to them. And they acted wickedly to kill him. 19 And said each to his brother, Behold, that dreamer comes. 20 Now then, come, let us kill him and toss him into one of the wells! And we shall say, [²wild beast ¹A ferocious] devoured him. And we shall see what will be of his dreams. 21 [³hearing ¹And ²Reuben], rescued him from out of their hands. And he said, Do not strike him as far as his life. 22 [³said ¹And ⁴to them ²Reuben], You should not shed blood, put him into one of these wells of the ones in the wilderness, [⁴a hand ¹and ³not ²bear] against him, that he might rescue him from out of their hands, and that he might give him to his father. 23 And it came to pass when Joseph came to his brothers, they took [⁴off ⁵Joseph ³garment ¹the ²colored], the one around him. 24 And taking him, they tossed him into the well. But the well was empty, [³water ¹it did not ²have]. 25 And they sat to eat bread. And looking up with the eyes they saw. And behold, journeying Ishmaelites having come from Gilead, and their camels full of incenses, and balm, and balsam. And they were going leading down into Egypt. 26 [³said ¹And ²Judah] to his brothers, What profit if we kill our brother, and hide his blood? 27 Come let us give him to these Ishmaelites, and the hands of ours, let them not be upon him! for he is our brother, and [²flesh ¹he is our]. [³hearkened ¹And ²his brothers]. 28 And [²came near ¹the men], the Midianite merchants, and they drew out and hauled Joseph from out of the well. And [³rendered ⁴for Joseph ¹the ²Ishmaelites] twenty pieces of gold. And they led Joseph into Egypt. 29 [³returned ¹And ²Ruben] upon the well, and he did not see Joseph in the well, and he tore his clothes. 30 And he turned towards his brothers, and he said, The boy is not, and I, where shall I go yet? 31 And taking the garment of Joseph, they slew a kid of the goats, and tainted the garment in the blood. 32 And they sent [³garment ¹the ²colored], and they carried it to their father, and said, This we found, do you recognize if the garment [²son ¹is of your] or not? 33 And he recognized it, and said, The garment [²of my son ¹is], [²wild beast ¹a ferocious] devoured him, a wild beast seized Joseph. 34 [³tore ¹And ²Jacob] his clothes, and placed sackcloth upon his loin, and mourned for his son [²days ¹many]. 35 [⁶came together ¹And ²all ³his sons ⁴and ⁵daughters]. And they came to comfort him, and he did not want to be comforted, saying that, I will go down to my son in mourning into Hades. And [²wept ³for him ¹his father]. 36 And the Midianites gave Joseph into Egypt to Potiphar the castrato of Pharaoh -- the chief guard.