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Genesis 37:1

And Jacob dwelt in the land of Chanaan wherein his father sojourned.

Jacob lived in the land of his father's travels, in the land of Canaan.

Now Jacob was living in the land where his father had made a place for himself, in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 37:2

And these are his generations: Joseph, when he was sixteen years old, was feeding the dock with his brethren, being but a boy: and he was with the sons of and of Zelpha his father's wives : and he accused his brethren to his father of a most wicked crime.

This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.

These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.

Genesis 37:3

Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons, because he had him in his old age: and he made him a coat of divers colours.

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 colors.

Now the love which Israel had for Joseph was greater than his love for all his other children, because he got him when he was an old man: and he had a long coat made for him.

Genesis 37:4

And his brethren seeing that he was loved by his father, more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.

His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn't speak peaceably to him.

And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.

Genesis 37:5

Now it fell out also that he told his brethren a dream, that he had dreamed: which occasioned them to hate him the more.

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

Now Joseph had a dream, and he gave his brothers an account of it, which made their hate greater than ever.

Genesis 37:6

And he said to them: Hear my dream which I dreamed.

He said to them, "Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:

And he said to them, Let me give you the story of my dream.

Genesis 37:7

I thought we were binding sheaves in the field: and my sheaf arose as it were, end stood, and your sheaves standing about, bowed down before my sheaf.

for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf."

We were in the field, getting the grain stems together, and my grain kept upright, and yours came round and went down on the earth before mine.

Genesis 37:8

His brethren answered : Shalt thou be our king? or shall we be subject to thy dominion? Therefore this matter of his dreams and words ministered nourishment to their envy and hatred.

His brothers said to him, "Will you indeed reign over us? Or will you indeed have dominion over us?" They hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words.

And his brothers said to him, Are you to be our king? will you have authority over us? And because of his dream and his words, their hate for him became greater than ever.

Genesis 37:9

He dreamed also another dream, which he told his brethren, saying: I saw in a dream, as it were the sun, and the moon, and eleven stars worshipping me.

He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, "Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me."

Then he had another dream, and gave his brothers an account of it, saying, I have had another dream: the sun and the moon and eleven stars gave honour to me.

Genesis 37:10

And when he had told this to his father and brethren, his father rebuked him, and said: What meaneth this dream that thou hast dreamed? shall I and thy mother, and thy brethren worship thee upon the earth?

He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to you to the earth?"

And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?

Genesis 37:11

His brethren therefore envied him: but his father considered the thing with himself.

His brothers envied him; but his father kept this saying in mind.

And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.

Genesis 37:12

And when his brethren abode in Sichem feeding their father's docks,

His brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.

Genesis 37:13

Israel said to him : Thy brethren feed the sheep in Sichem: come, I will send thee to them. And when he answered:

Israel said to Joseph, "Aren't your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them." He said to him, "Here I am."

And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I.

Genesis 37:14

I am ready: he said to him: Go, and see if all things be well with thy brethren, and the cattle: and bring me word again what is doing. So being sent from the vale of Hebron, he came to Sichem:

He said to him, "Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again." So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back and give me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

Genesis 37:15

And a man found him there wandering in the field, and asked what he sought.

A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, "What are you looking for?"

And a man saw him wandering in the country, and said to him, What are you looking for?

Genesis 37:16

But he answered: I seek my brethren; tell me where they feed the docks.

He said, "I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock."

And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.

Genesis 37:17

And the man said to him: They are departed from this place: for I heard them say: Let us go to Dothain. And Joseph went forward after his brethren, and found them in Dothain.

The man said, "They have left here, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.

And the man said, They have gone away from here, for they said in my hearing, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after them and came up with them at Dothan.

Genesis 37:18

And when they saw him afar off, be- fore he came nigh them, they thought to kill him.

They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.

But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;

Genesis 37:19

And said one to another: Behold the dreamer cometh.

They said one to another, "Behold, this dreamer comes.

Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer.

Genesis 37:20

Come, let us kill him, and cast him into some old pit : and we will say : Some evil beast hath devoured him: and then it shall appear what his dreams avail him :

Come now therefore, and let's kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, 'An evil animal has devoured him.' We will see what will become of his dreams."

Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.

Genesis 37:21

And Ruben hearing this, endeavoured to deliver him out of their hands, end said:

Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, "Let's not take his life."

But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.

Genesis 37:22

Do not take away his life, nor shed his blood: but cast him into this pit, that is in the wilderness, and keep your hands harmless: now he said this, being desirous to deliver him out of their hands and to restore him to his father.

Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him" - that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.

Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again.

Genesis 37:23

And as soon as he came to his brethren, they forthwith stript him of his outside coat, that was of divers colours:

It happened, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;

So when Joseph came to his brothers, they took off his long coat which he had on;

Genesis 37:24

And cast him into an old pit, where there was no water.

and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.

And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.

Genesis 37:25

And sitting down to eat bread, they saw some Ismaelites on their way coming from Calaad, with their camels, carrying spices, and balm, and myrrh to Egypt.

They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels.

Genesis 37:26

And Juda said to his brethren: What will it profit us to kill our brother, and conceal his blood?

Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?

And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up his blood?

Genesis 37:27

It is better that he be sold to the Ismaelites, and that our hands be not defiled: for he is our brother and our flesh. His brethren agreed to his words.

Come, and let's sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh." His brothers listened to him.

Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers gave ear to him.

Genesis 37:28

And when the Madianite merchants passed by, they drew him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ismaelites, for twenty pieces of silver: and they led him into Egypt.

Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Joseph into Egypt.

And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt.

Genesis 37:29

And Ruben, returning to the pit, found not the boy:

Reuben returned to the pit; and saw that Joseph wasn't in the pit; and he tore his clothes.

Now when Reuben came back to the hole, Joseph was not there; and giving signs of grief,

Genesis 37:30

And rending his garments he went to his brethren, and said: The boy doth not appear and whither shall I go?

He returned to his brothers, and said, "The child is no more; and I, where will I go?"

He went back to his brothers, and said, The child is gone; what am I to do?

Genesis 37:31

And they took his coat, and dipped it in the blood of a kid, which they had killed :

They took Joseph's coat, and killed a male goat, and dipped the coat in the blood.

Then they took Joseph's coat, and put on it some of the blood from a young goat which they had put to death,

Genesis 37:32

Sending some to carry it to their father, and to say: This we have found: see whether it be thy son's coat, or not.

They took the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, "We have found this. Examine it, now, whether it is your son's coat or not."

And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not?

Genesis 37:33

And the father acknowledging it, said: It is my son's coat, an evil wild beast hath eaten him, a beast hath devoured Joseph.

He recognized it, and said, "It is my son's coat. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces."

And he saw that it was, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has put him to death; without doubt Joseph has come to a cruel end.

Genesis 37:34

And tearing his garments, he put an sackcloth, mourning for his son a long time.

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

Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.

Genesis 37:35

And alibis children being gathered together to comfort their father in his sorrow, he would not receive comfort, but said: I will go down to my son into hell, mourning. And whilst he continued weeping,

All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted. He said, "For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning." His father wept for him.

And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him.

Genesis 37:36

The Madianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Putiphar, an eunuch of Pharao, captain of the soldiers.

The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.

And in Egypt the men of Midian gave him for a price to Potiphar, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house.

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