Genesis:37

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* And Jacob lived in the land of the travels of his father , in the land of Canaan . * These [are ] the generations of Jacob : Joseph , a son of seventeen years , came tending the flock with his brothers . And he was a youth 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 . * And Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons , because he was the son of his old age . And he made him a tunic [reaching to ] the soles [of his ] feet . * And when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers , they hated him , and could not speak peaceably to him . * And Joseph dreamed a dream and told [it ] to his brothers . And they hated him still more . * And he said to them , I pray you , Hear this dream which I have dreamed . * For behold ! We [were ] binding sheaves in the middle of the field , and lo , my sheaf arose and also stood upright . And behold , your sheaves stood around and bowed down to my sheaf . * And his brothers said to him , Shall you indeed reign over us ? Or shall you indeed have the rule over us ? And they hated him still more for his dreams and for his words . * And he dreamed still another dream , and told it to his brothers . And he said , Behold , I have dreamed another dream . And behold , the sun and the moon and the eleven stars bowed down to me . * And he told [it ] to his father and to his brothers . And 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 earth before you ? * And his brothers were jealous of him . But his father observed the saying . * And his brothers went to feed his father 's flock in Shechem . * And Israel said to Joseph , Do not your brothers feed the flock in Shechem ? Come , and I will send you to them . And he said to him , Here I [am ]. * And he said to him , please go see whether it is well with your brothers and well with the flocks . And bring me word again . And he sent him out of the valley of Hebron , and he came to Shechem . * And a certain man found him , and , behold , he was wandering in the field . And the man asked him , saying , What are you looking for ? * And he said , I [am ] seeking for my brothers . Please tell me where they are feeding . * And the man said , They are gone from here , for I heard [them ] say , Let us go to Dothan . And Joseph went after his brothers , and found them in Dothan . * And when they saw him afar off , even before he came near them , they conspired against him to kill him . * And they said to one another , Behold , this dreamer comes . * Therefore come now , and let us kill him , and throw him into some pit , and we will say some evil beast has devoured him . And we shall see what will become of his dreams . * And Reuben heard , and [he ] delivered him out of their hands and said , Let us not kill him . * And Reuben said to them , Shed no blood . Throw him into this pit in the wilderness , and lay no hand upon him (in order to rescue him out of their hands , to deliver him to his father again ). * And it happened when Joseph had come to his brothers , they stripped Joseph out of his tunic , the tunic reaching to the soles [of his ] feet that was on him . * And they took him and threw him into a pit . And the pit [was ] empty , with no water in it . * And they sat down to eat bread . And they lifted up their eyes , and looked . And behold , a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead , with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh , going to carry it down to Egypt . * And Judah said to his brothers , What profit [is it ] if we should kill our brother and hide his blood ? * Come , let us sell him to the Ishmaelites , and let not our hand be upon him . For he [is ] our brother , and our flesh . And his brothers listened . * And men , Midianites traders , came by . And they drew up Joseph and took him out of the pit , and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty [pieces ] of silver . And they brought Joseph into Egypt . * And Reuben returned to the pit . And behold ! Joseph [was ] not in the pit ! And he tore his clothes . * And he returned to his brothers and said , The child , he is not . And I , where shall I go ? * And they took Joseph 's tunic , and killed a kid of the goats , and dipped the tunic in the blood . * And they sent the tunic [reaching to ] the soles of the feet , and they brought it to their father . And they said , We have found this . Do you know whether it [is ] your son 's coat or not ? * And he knew it , and said , [It is ] my son 's tunic . An evil beast has eaten him . Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces . * And Jacob tore his clothes , and put sackcloth upon 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 he said , For I will go down into the grave to my son mourning . And his father wept for him . * And the Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar , a eunuch of Pharaoh , the chief of the executioners .

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