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Genesis 37:1-21

37:1

And Jacob
<03290>

dwelt
<03427> (8799)

in the land
<0776>

wherein his father
<01>

was a stranger
<04033>_,

in the land
<0776>

of Canaan
<03667>_.

{wherein...: Heb. of his father's sojournings}

37:2

These [are] the generations
<08435>

of Jacob
<03290>_.

Joseph
<03130>_,

[being] seventeen
<06240> <07651>

years
<08141>

old
<01121>_,

was feeding
<07462> (8802)

the flock
<06629>

with his brethren
<0251>_;

and the lad
<05288>

[was] with the sons
<01121>

of Bilhah
<01090>_,

and with the sons
<01121>

of Zilpah
<02153>_,

his father's
<01>

wives
<0802>_:

and Joseph
<03130>

brought
<0935> (8686)

unto his father
<01>

their evil
<07451>

report
<01681>_.

37:3

Now Israel
<03478>

loved
<0157> (8804)

Joseph
<03130>

more than all his children
<01121>_,

because he [was] the son
<01121>

of his old age
<02208>_:

and he made
<06213> (8804)

him a coat
<03801>

of [many] colours
<06446>_.

{colours: or, pieces}

37:4

And when his brethren
<0251>

saw
<07200> (8799)

that their father
<01>

loved
<0157> (8804)

him more than all his brethren
<0251>_,

they hated
<08130> (8799)

him, and could
<03201> (8804)

not speak
<01696> (8763)

peaceably
<07965>

unto him.

37:5

And Joseph
<03130>

dreamed
<02492> (8799)

a dream
<02472>_,

and he told
<05046> (8686)

[it] his brethren
<0251>_:

and they hated
<08130> (8800)

him yet the more
<03254> (8686)_.

37:6

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Hear
<08085> (8798)_,

I pray you, this dream
<02472>

which I have dreamed
<02492> (8804)_:

37:7

For, behold, we [were] binding
<0481> (8764) <08432>

sheaves
<0485>

in the field
<07704>_,

and, lo, my sheaf
<0485>

arose
<06965> (8804)_,

and also stood upright
<05324> (8738)_;

and, behold, your sheaves
<0485>

stood round about
<05437> (8799)_,

and made obeisance
<07812> (8691)

to my sheaf
<0485>_.

37:8

And his brethren
<0251>

said
<0559> (8799)

to him, Shalt thou indeed
<04427> (8800)

reign
<04427> (8799)

over us? or shalt thou indeed
<04910> (8800)

have dominion
<04910> (8799)

over us? And they hated
<08130> (8800)

him yet the more
<03254> (8686)

for his dreams
<02472>_,

and for his words
<01697>_.

37:9

And he dreamed
<02492> (8799)

yet another
<0312>

dream
<02472>_,

and told
<05608> (8762)

it his brethren
<0251>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Behold, I have dreamed
<02492> (8804)

a dream
<02472>

more; and, behold, the sun
<08121>

and the moon
<03394>

and the eleven
<06240> <0259>

stars
<03556>

made obeisance
<07812> (8693)

to me.

37:10

And he told
<05608> (8762)

[it] to his father
<01>_,

and to his brethren
<0251>_:

and his father
<01>

rebuked
<01605> (8799)

him, and said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, What [is] this dream
<02472>

that thou hast dreamed
<02492> (8804)_?

Shall I and thy mother
<0517>

and thy brethren
<0251>

indeed
<0935> (8800)

come
<0935> (8799)

to bow down
<07812> (8692)

ourselves to thee to the earth
<0776>_?

37:11

And his brethren
<0251>

envied
<07065> (8762)

him; but his father
<01>

observed
<08104> (8804)

the saying
<01697>_.

37:12

And his brethren
<0251>

went
<03212> (8799)

to feed
<07462> (8800)

their father's
<01>

flock
<06629>

in Shechem
<07927>_.

37:13

And Israel
<03478>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Joseph
<03130>_,

Do not thy brethren
<0251>

feed
<07462> (8802)

[the flock] in Shechem
<07927>_?

come
<03212> (8798)_,

and I will send thee
<07971> (8799)

unto them. And he said
<0559> (8799)

to him, Here [am I].

37:14

And he said
<0559> (8799)

to him, Go
<03212> (8798)_,

I pray thee, see
<07200> (8798)

whether it be well
<07965>

with thy brethren
<0251>_,

and well
<07965>

with the flocks
<06629>_;

and bring
<07725> (0)

me word
<01697>

again
<07725> (8685)_.

So he sent
<07971> (8799)

him out of the vale
<06010>

of Hebron
<02275>_,

and he came
<0935> (8799)

to Shechem
<07927>_.

{see...: Heb. see the peace of thy brethren, etc.}

37:15

And a certain man
<0376>

found him
<04672> (8799)_,

and, behold, [he was] wandering
<08582> (8802)

in the field
<07704>_:

and the man
<0376>

asked him
<07592> (8799)_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

What seekest
<01245> (8762)

thou?

37:16

And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

I seek
<01245> (8764)

my brethren
<0251>_:

tell
<05046> (8685)

me, I pray thee, where
<0375>

they feed
<07462> (8802)

[their flocks].

37:17

And the man
<0376>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

They are departed
<05265> (8804)

hence
<02088>_;

for I heard
<08085> (8804)

them say
<0559> (8802)_,

Let us go
<03212> (8799)

to Dothan
<01886>_.

And Joseph
<03130>

went
<03212> (8799)

after
<0310>

his brethren
<0251>_,

and found
<04672> (8799)

them in Dothan
<01886>_.

37:18

And when they saw
<07200> (8799)

him afar off
<07350>_,

even before he came near
<07126> (8799)

unto them, they conspired
<05230> (8691)

against him to slay
<04191> (8687)

him.

37:19

And they said
<0559> (8799)

one
<0376>

to another
<0251>_,

Behold, this
<01976>

dreamer
<01167> <02472>

cometh
<0935> (8802)_.

{dreamer: Heb. master of dreams}

37:20

Come
<03212> (8798)

now therefore, and let us slay
<02026> (8799)

him, and cast
<07993> (8686)

him into some
<0259>

pit
<0953>_,

and we will say
<0559> (8804)_,

Some evil
<07451>

beast
<02416>

hath devoured
<0398> (8804)

him: and we shall see
<07200> (8799)

what will become of his dreams
<02472>_.

37:21

And Reuben
<07205>

heard
<08085> (8799)

[it], and he delivered
<05337> (8686)

him out of their hands
<03027>_;

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Let us not kill
<05221> (8686) <05315>

him.