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Joseph's Dreams
And Jacob dwelt in the land where his father sojourned -- in the land of Canaan.
And Jacob dwelt in the land where his father sojourned -- in the land of Canaan.
Joseph’s Dreams
Jacob lived in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan.
Jacob lived in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan.
These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, fed the flock with his brethren; and he was doing service with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought to his father an evil report of them.
These are the generations of Jacob.
Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father.
Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father.
And Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was son of his old age; and he made him a vest of many colours.
And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, and they hated him, and could not greet him with friendliness.
But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully to him.
And Joseph dreamed a dream, and told [it] to his brethren, and they hated him yet the more.
Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even more.
And he said to them, Hear, I pray you, this dream, which I have dreamt:
He said to them, “Hear this dream that I have dreamed:
Behold, we were binding sheaves in the fields, and lo, my sheaf rose up, and remained standing; and behold, your sheaves came round about and bowed down to my sheaf.
Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright. And behold, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf.”
And his brethren said to him, Wilt thou indeed be a king over us? wilt thou indeed rule over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams and for his words.
His brothers said to him, “Are you indeed to reign over us? Or are you indeed to rule over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.
And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamt another dream, and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.
Then he dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers and said, “Behold, I have dreamed another dream. Behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
And he told [it] to his father and to his brethren. And his father rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream which thou hast dreamt? Shall we indeed come, I and thy mother and thy brethren, to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
But when 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? Shall I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves to the ground before you?”
And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying.
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.
Joseph Sold by his Brothers
And his brethren went to feed their father's flock at Shechem.
And his brethren went to feed their father's flock at Shechem.
Joseph Sold by His Brothers
Now his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near Shechem.
Now his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near Shechem.
And Israel said to Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed [the flock] at Shechem? Come, that I may send thee to them. And he said to him, Here am I.
And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” And he said to him, “Here I am.”
And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see after the welfare of thy brethren, and after the welfare of the flock; and bring me word again. And he sent him out of the vale of Hebron; and he came towards Shechem.
So he said to him, “Go now, see if it is well with your brothers and with the flock, and bring me word.” So he sent him from the Valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
And a man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the country; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
And a man found him wandering in the fields. And the man asked him, “What are you seeking?”
And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed [their flocks].
“I am seeking my brothers,” he said. “Tell me, please, where they are pasturing the flock.”
And the man said, They have removed from this; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them at Dothan.
And the man said, “They have gone away, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
And when they saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to put him to death.
They saw him from afar, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him.
And they said one to another, Behold, there comes that dreamer!
They said to one another, “Here comes this dreamer.
And now come and let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast has devoured him; and we will see what becomes of his dreams.
And Reuben heard [it], and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life.
But when Reuben heard it, he rescued him out of their hands, saying, “Let us not take his life.”
And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood: cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness; but lay no hand upon him -- in order that he might deliver him out of their hand, to bring him to his father again.
And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him” — that he might rescue him out of their hand to restore him to his father.
And it came to pass when Joseph came to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his vest, the vest of many colours, which he had on;
So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the robe of many colors that he wore.
and they took him and cast him into the pit; now the pit was empty -- there was no water in it.
And they took him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.
And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead; and their camels bore tragacanth, and balsam, and ladanum -- going to carry [it] down to Egypt.
Then they sat down to eat. And looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt.
And Judah said to his brethren, What profit is it that we kill our brother and secrete his blood?
Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites; but let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened [to him].
Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers listened to him.
And Midianitish men, merchants, passed by; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silver-pieces; and they brought Joseph to Egypt.
And Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph [was] not in the pit; and he rent his garments,
When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he tore his clothes
and returned to his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, where shall I go?
and returned to his brothers and said, “The boy is gone, and I, where shall I go?”
Jacob Mourns Joseph
And they took Joseph's vest, and slaughtered a buck of the goats, and dipped the vest in the blood;
And they took Joseph's vest, and slaughtered a buck of the goats, and dipped the vest in the blood;
Then they took Joseph’s robe and slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood.
and they sent the vest of many colours and had it carried to their father, and said, This have we found: discern now whether it is thy son's vest or not.
And they sent the robe of many colors and brought it to their father and said, “This we have found; please identify whether it is your son’s robe or not.”
And he discerned it, and said, [It is] my son's vest! an evil beast has devoured him: Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces!
And he identified it and said, “It is my son’s robe. A fierce animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces.”
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and said, For I will go down to my son into Sheol mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.