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Genesis 37:1-35

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.

37:22

And Reuben
<07205>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Shed
<08210> (8799)

no blood
<01818>_,

[but] cast
<07993> (8685)

him into this pit
<0953>

that [is] in the wilderness
<04057>_,

and lay
<07971> (8799)

no hand
<03027>

upon him; that he might rid
<05337> (8687)

him out of their hands
<03027>_,

to deliver
<07725> (0)

him to his father
<01>

again
<07725> (8687)_.

37:23

And it came to pass, when Joseph
<03130>

was come
<0935> (8804)

unto his brethren
<0251>_,

that they stript
<06584> (8686) <0853>

Joseph
<03130>

out of
<0854>

his coat
<03801>_,

[his] coat
<03801>

of [many] colours
<06446>

that [was] on him; {colours: or, pieces}

37:24

And they took
<03947> (8799)

him, and cast
<07993> (8686)

him into a pit
<0953>_:

and the pit
<0953>

[was] empty
<07386>_,

[there was] no water
<04325>

in it.

37:25

And they sat down
<03427> (8799)

to eat
<0398> (8800)

bread
<03899>_:

and they lifted up
<05375> (8799)

their eyes
<05869>

and looked
<07200> (8799)_,

and, behold, a company
<0736>

of Ishmeelites
<03459>

came
<0935> (8802)

from Gilead
<01568>

with their camels
<01581>

bearing
<05375> (8802)

spicery
<05219>

and balm
<06875>

and myrrh
<03910>_,

going
<01980> (8802)

to carry [it] down
<03381> (8687)

to Egypt
<04714>_.

37:26

And Judah
<03063>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto his brethren
<0251>_,

What profit
<01215>

[is it] if we slay
<02026> (8799)

our brother
<0251>_,

and conceal
<03680> (8765)

his blood
<01818>_?

37:27

Come
<03212> (8798)_,

and let us sell
<04376> (8799)

him to the Ishmeelites
<03459>_,

and let not our hand
<03027>

be upon him; for he [is] our brother
<0251>

[and] our flesh
<01320>_.

And his brethren
<0251>

were content
<08085> (8799)_.

{were...: Heb. hearkened}

37:28

Then there passed
<05674> (8799)

by Midianites
<04084>

merchantmen
<0582> <05503> (8802)_;

and they drew
<04900> (8799)

and lifted up
<05927> (8686)

Joseph
<03130>

out of the pit
<0953>_,

and sold
<04376> (8799)

Joseph
<03130>

to the Ishmeelites
<03459>

for twenty
<06242>

[pieces] of silver
<03701>_:

and they brought
<0935> (8686)

Joseph
<03130>

into Egypt
<04714>_.

37:29

And Reuben
<07205>

returned
<07725> (8799)

unto the pit
<0953>_;

and, behold, Joseph
<03130>

[was] not in the pit
<0953>_;

and he rent
<07167> (8799)

his clothes
<0899>_.

37:30

And he returned
<07725> (8799)

unto his brethren
<0251>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

The child
<03206>

[is] not; and I, whither
<0575>

shall I go
<0935> (8802)_?

37:31

And they took
<03947> (8799)

Joseph's
<03130>

coat
<03801>_,

and killed
<07819> (8799)

a kid
<08163>

of the goats
<05795>_,

and dipped
<02881> (8799)

the coat
<03801>

in the blood
<01818>_;

37:32

And they sent
<07971> (8762)

the coat
<03801>

of [many] colours
<06446>_,

and they brought
<0935> (8686)

[it] to their father
<01>_;

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

This have we found
<04672> (8804)_:

know
<05234> (8685)

now whether it [be] thy son's
<01121>

coat
<03801>

or no.

37:33

And he knew it
<05234> (8686)_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

[It is] my son's
<01121>

coat
<03801>_;

an evil
<07451>

beast
<02416>

hath devoured
<0398> (8804)

him; Joseph
<03130>

is without doubt
<02963> (8800)

rent in pieces
<02963> (8776)_.

37:34

And Jacob
<03290>

rent
<07167> (8799)

his clothes
<08071>_,

and put
<07760> (8799)

sackcloth
<08242>

upon his loins
<04975>_,

and mourned
<056> (8691)

for his son
<01121>

many
<07227>

days
<03117>_.

37:35

And all his sons
<01121>

and all his daughters
<01323>

rose up
<06965> (8799)

to comfort
<05162> (8763)

him; but he refused
<03985> (8762)

to be comforted
<05162> (8692)_;

and he said
<0559> (8799)_,

For I will go down
<03381> (8799)

into the grave
<07585>

unto my son
<01121>

mourning
<057>_.

Thus his father
<01>

wept
<01058> (8799)

for him.