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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.
Joseph’s Dreams
So Jacob settled again in the land of Canaan, where his father had lived as a foreigner.
So Jacob settled again in the land of Canaan, where his father had lived as a foreigner.
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.
This is the account of Jacob and his family. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he often tended his father’s flocks. He worked for his half brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah. But Joseph reported to his father some of the bad things his brothers were doing.
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.
But his brothers hated Joseph because their father loved him more than the rest of them. They couldn’t say a kind word to him.
Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even more.
One night Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him more than ever.
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.”
“We were out in the field, tying up bundles of grain. Suddenly my bundle stood up, and your bundles all gathered around and bowed low before mine!”
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.
His brothers responded, “So you think you will be our king, do you? Do you actually think you will reign over us?” And they hated him all the more because of his dreams and the way he talked about them.
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.”
Soon Joseph had another dream, and again he told his brothers about it. “Listen, I have had another dream,” he said. “The sun, moon, and eleven stars bowed low before me!”
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?”
This time he told the dream to his father as well as to his brothers, but his father scolded him. “What kind of dream is that?” he asked. “Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow to the ground before you?”
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.
But while his brothers were jealous of Joseph, his father wondered what the dreams meant.
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.
Soon after this, Joseph’s brothers went to pasture their father’s flocks at Shechem.
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.”
When they had been gone for some time, Jacob said to Joseph, “Your brothers are pasturing the sheep at Shechem. Get ready, and I will send you to them.”
“I’m ready to go,” Joseph replied.
“I’m ready to go,” Joseph replied.
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.
“Go and see how your brothers and the flocks are getting along,” Jacob said. “Then come back and bring me a report.” So Jacob sent him on his way, and Joseph traveled to Shechem from their home in the valley of Hebron.
And a man found him wandering in the fields. And the man asked him, “What are you seeking?”
When he arrived there, a man from the area noticed him wandering around the countryside. “What are you looking for?” he asked.
“I am seeking my brothers,” he said. “Tell me, please, where they are pasturing the flock.”
“I’m looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Do you know where they are pasturing their sheep?”
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.
“Yes,” the man told him. “They have moved on from here, but I heard them say, ‘Let’s go on to Dothan.’” So Joseph followed his brothers to Dothan and found them there.
They saw him from afar, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him.
Joseph Sold into Slavery
When Joseph’s brothers saw him coming, they recognized him in the distance. As he approached, they made plans to kill him.
“Come on, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns. We can tell our father, ‘A wild animal has eaten him.’ Then we’ll see what becomes of his dreams!”
But when Reuben heard it, he rescued him out of their hands, saying, “Let us not take his life.”
But when Reuben heard of their scheme, he came to Joseph’s rescue. “Let’s not kill him,” he said.
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.
“Why should we shed any blood? Let’s just throw him into this empty cistern here in the wilderness. Then he’ll die without our laying a hand on him.” Reuben was secretly planning to rescue Joseph and return him to his father.
So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the robe of many colors that he wore.
So when Joseph arrived, his brothers ripped off the beautiful robe he was wearing.
And they took him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.
Then they grabbed him and threw him into the cistern. Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it.
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.
Then, just as they were sitting down to eat, they looked up and saw a caravan of camels in the distance coming toward them. It was a group of Ishmaelite traders taking a load of gum, balm, and aromatic resin from Gilead down to Egypt.
Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
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.
Instead of hurting him, let’s sell him to those Ishmaelite traders. After all, he is our brother — our own flesh and blood!” And his brothers agreed.
When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he tore his clothes
Some time later, Reuben returned to get Joseph out of the cistern. When he discovered that Joseph was missing, he tore his clothes in grief.
and returned to his brothers and said, “The boy is gone, and I, where shall I go?”
Then he went back to his brothers and lamented, “The boy is gone! What will I do now?”
Then they took Joseph’s robe and slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood.
Then the brothers killed a young goat and dipped Joseph’s robe in its blood.
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.”
They sent the beautiful robe to their father with this message: “Look at what we found. Doesn’t this robe belong to your son?”
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.”
Their father recognized it immediately. “Yes,” he said, “it is my son’s robe. A wild animal must have eaten him. Joseph has clearly been torn to pieces!”
Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.
Then Jacob tore his clothes and dressed himself in burlap. He mourned deeply for his son for a long time.
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.