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Genesis 37

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1 And Jacob dwelt in the land in which his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

1 Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.

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.

2 This is the account of Jacob’s family line. Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought their father a bad report about them.

3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his other sons because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a coat of many colours.

3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate robe for him.

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.

4 When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.

5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren; and they hated him yet the more.

5 Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.

6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

6 He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:

7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about and made obeisance to my sheaf.

7 We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.”

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.

8 His brothers said to him, “Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?” And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he had said.

9 And he dreamed yet another dream and told it to his brethren, saying, Behold, I have dreamed another dream; and, behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me.

9 Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. “Listen,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

10 And he told it to his father and to his brethren; and his father reprehended 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?

10 When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”

11 And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the word.

11 His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

12 And his brethren went to feed their father’s sheep in Shechem.

12 Now his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,

13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the sheep in Shechem? Come and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.

13 and Israel said to Joseph, “As you know, your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I am going to send you to them.” “Very well,” he replied.

14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it is well with thy brethren and well with the sheep and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

14 So he said to him, “Go and see if all is well with your brothers and with the flocks, and bring word back to me.” Then he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. When Joseph arrived at Shechem,

15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

15 a man found him wandering around in the fields and asked him, “What are you looking for?”

16 And he said, I seek my brethren; tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.

16 He replied, “I’m looking for my brothers. Can you tell me where they are grazing their flocks?”

17 And the man said, They are departed from here; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren and found them in Dothan.

17 “They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’ ” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them near Dothan.

18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

18 But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer comes;

19 “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to each other.

20 now therefore, come and let us slay him and cast him into a cistern, and we will say, Some evil beast has devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

20 “Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what comes of his dreams.”

21 When Reuben heard it, he delivered him out of their hands and said, Let us not kill him.

21 When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. “Let’s not take his life,” he said.

22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood but cast him into this cistern 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.

22 “Don’t shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father.

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;

23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe he was wearing—

24 and they took him and cast him into the cistern; and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

24 and they took him and threw him into the cistern. The cistern was empty; there was no water in it.

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 aromas and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

25 As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, balm and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt.

26 Then Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?

26 Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

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.

27 Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.” His brothers agreed.

28 And when the Midianite merchantmen passed by, they took and lifted up Joseph out of the cistern and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.

28 So when the Midianite merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

29 And Reuben returned unto the cistern; and, behold, Joseph was not inside, and he rent his clothes.

29 When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.

30 And he returned unto his brethren and said, The young man is not; and I, where shall I go?

30 He went back to his brothers and said, “The boy isn’t there! Where can I turn now?”

31 Then they took Joseph’s coat and killed a kid of the goats and dipped the coat in the blood;

31 Then they got Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood.

32 and they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father and said, We have found this, recognize now whether it is thy son’s coat or not.

32 They took the ornate robe back to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe.”

33 And he knew it and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast has devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

33 He recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! Some ferocious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces.”

34 Then Jacob rent his clothes and put sackcloth upon his loins and mourned for his son many days.

34 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days.

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.

35 All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said, “I will continue to mourn until I join my son in the grave.” So his father wept for him.

36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s and captain of the guard.

36 Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard.

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