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1
Now Jacob
lived
in the land
where
his father
had sojourned,
in the land
of Canaan.
2
These
are the records of the generations
of Jacob.
Joseph,
when seventeen
years
of age,
was pasturing
the flock
with his brothers
while he was still a youth,
along with the sons
of Bilhah
and the sons
of Zilpah,
his father's
wives.
And Joseph
brought
back a bad
report
about them to their father.
3
Now Israel
loved
Joseph
more than
all
his sons,
because
he was the son
of his old age;
and he made
him a varicolored
tunic.
4
His brothers
saw
that their father
loved
him more than
all
his brothers;
and so they hated
him and could
not speak
to him on friendly terms.
5
Then Joseph
had
a dream,
and when he told
it to his brothers,
they hated
him even
more.
6
He said
to them, "Please
listen
to this
dream
which
I have had;
7
for behold,
we were binding
sheaves
in the field,
and lo,
my sheaf
rose
up and also
stood erect;
and behold,
your
sheaves
gathered around
and bowed down
to
my sheaf
."
8
Then his brothers
said
to him, "Are you actually
going to reign
over
us? Or
are you really
going to rule
over
us?" So they hated
him even
more
for his dreams
and for his words.
9
Now he had
still
another
dream,
and related
it to his brothers,
and said,
"Lo,
I have had
still
another
dream;
and behold,
the sun
and the moon
and eleven
stars
were bowing down
to me."
10
He related
it to his father
and to his brothers;
and his father
rebuked
him and said
to him, "What
is this
dream
that you have had?
Shall I and your mother
and your brothers
actually
come
to bow ourselves down
before you to the ground?"
11
His brothers
were jealous
of him, but his father
kept
the saying
in mind.
12
Then his brothers
went
to pasture
their father's
flock
in Shechem.
13
Israel
said
to Joseph,
"Are not your brothers
pasturing
the flock in Shechem?
Come,
and I will send
you to them." And he
said
to him, "I will go."
14
Then he said
to him, "Go
now
and see
about the welfare
of your brothers
and the welfare
of the flock,
and bring
word
back
to me." So he sent
him from the valley
of Hebron,
and he came
to Shechem.
15
A man
found
him, and behold,
he was wandering
in the field;
and the man
asked
him, "What
are you looking
for?"
16
He said,
"I am looking
for my brothers;
please
tell
me where
they are pasturing
the flock."
17
Then the man
said,
"They have moved
from here;
for I heard
them say,
'Let us go
to Dothan.'"
So Joseph
went
after his brothers
and found
them at Dothan.
18
When they saw
him from a distance
and before
he came close
to them, they plotted
against
him to put him to death.
19
They said
to one
another,
"Here
comes
this
dreamer!
20
"Now
then, come
and let us kill
him and throw
him into one
of the pits;
and we will say,
'A wild
beast
devoured
him.' Then let us see
what
will become
of his dreams!"
21
But Reuben
heard
this and rescued
him out of their hands
and said,
"Let us not take
his life."
22
Reuben
further said
to them, "Shed
no
blood.
Throw
him into this
pit
that is in the wilderness,
but do
no
t lay
hands
on him"-- that he might rescue
him out of their
hands
,
to restore
him to his father.
23
So it came
about, when
Joseph
reached
his brothers,
that they stripped
Joseph
of his
tunic
,
the varicolored
tunic
that was on him;
24
and they took
him and threw
him into the pit.
Now the pit
was empty,
without
any water
in it.
25
Then they sat down
to eat
a meal.
And as they raised
their eyes
and looked,
behold,
a caravan
of Ishmaelites
was coming
from Gilead,
with their camels
bearing
aromatic gum
and balm
and myrrh,
on their way
to bring them down
to Egypt.
26
Judah
said
to his brothers,
"What
profit
is it for us to kill
our brother
and cover
up his blood?
27
"Come
and let us sell
him to the Ishmaelites
and not lay
our hands
on him, for he is our brother,
our own flesh."
And his brothers
listened
to him.
28
Then some
Midianite
traders
passed
by, so they pulled
him up and lifted
Joseph
out of the pit,
and sold
him to the Ishmaelites
for twenty
shekels of silver.
Thus they brought
Joseph
into Egypt.
29
Now Reuben
returned
to the pit,
and behold,
Joseph
was not in the pit;
so he tore
his garments.
30
He returned
to his brothers
and said,
"The boy
is not there; as for me, where
am I to go?"
31
So they took
Joseph's
tunic,
and slaughtered
a male goat
and dipped
the tunic
in the blood;
32
and they sent
the varicol
or
ed
tunic
and brought
it to their father
and said,
"We found
this;
please
examine
it to see whether it is your son's
tunic
or
not."
33
Then he examined
it and said,
"It is my son's
tunic.
A wild
beast
has devoured
him; Joseph
has surely
been torn to pieces!"
34
So Jacob
tore
his clothes,
and put
sackcloth
on his loins
and mourned
for his son
many
days.
35
Then all
his sons
and all
his daughters
arose
to comfort
him, but he refused
to be comforted.
And he said,
"Surely
I will go down
to Sheol
in mourning
for my son."
So his father
wept
for him.
36
Meanwhile, the Midianites
sold
him in Egypt
to Potiphar,
Pharaoh's
officer,
the captain
of the bodyguard.
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