Genesis:37

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drb @Genesis:37:1 @And Jacob dwelt in the land of Chanaan wherein his father sojourned . drb @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 . drb @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 . drb @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 . drb @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 . drb @Genesis:37:6 @And he said to them : Hear my dream which I dreamed . drb @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 . drb @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 . drb @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 . drb @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 ? drb @Genesis:37:11 @His brethren therefore envied him : but his father considered the thing with himself . drb @Genesis:37:12 @And when his brethren abode in Sichem feeding their father 's docks , drb @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 : drb @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 : drb @Genesis:37:15 @And a man found him there wandering in the field , and asked what he sought . drb @Genesis:37:16 @But he answered : I seek my brethren ; tell me where they feed the docks . drb @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 . drb @Genesis:37:18 @And when they saw him afar off , be - fore he came nigh them , they thought to kill him . drb @Genesis:37:19 @And said one to another : Behold the dreamer cometh . drb @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 : drb @Genesis:37:21 @And Ruben hearing this , endeavoured to deliver him out of their hands , end said : drb @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 . drb @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 : drb @Genesis:37:24 @And cast him into an old pit , where there was no water . drb @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 . drb @Genesis:37:26 @And Juda said to his brethren : What will it profit us to kill our brother , and conceal his blood ? drb @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 . drb @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 . drb @Genesis:37:29 @And Ruben , returning to the pit , found not the boy : drb @Genesis:37:30 @And rending his garments he went to his brethren , and said : The boy doth not appear and whither shall I go ? drb @Genesis:37:31 @And they took his coat , and dipped it in the blood of a kid , which they had killed : drb @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 . drb @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 . drb @Genesis:37:34 @And tearing his garments , he put an sackcloth , mourning for his son a long time . drb @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 , drb @Genesis:37:36 @The Madianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Putiphar , an eunuch of Pharao , captain of the soldiers .

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