Genesis:37
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And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger ,
in the land of Canaan K @
na #
an #.
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These are the generations of Jacob Ya #
aqob #.
Joseph ,
being seventeen #
H7651years old ,
was feeding the flock with his brethren ;
and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah ,
and with the sons of Zilpah ,
his fathers wives :
and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report .
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Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children ,
because he was the son of his old age :
and he made him a coat of many colours .
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And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren ,
they hated him ,
and could not speak peaceably unto him .
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And Joseph dreamed a dream ,
and he told it his brethren :
and they hated him yet the more .
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And he said unto them ,
Hear ,
I pray you ,
this dream which I have dreamed :
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For ,
behold ,
we were binding #
sheaves in the field ,
and ,
lo ,
my sheaf arose ,
and also stood upright ;
and ,
behold ,
your sheaves stood round about ,
and made obeisance to my sheaf .
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And his brethren said to him ,
Shalt thou indeed reign over us ?
or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us ?
And they hated him yet the more for his dreams ,
and for his words .
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And he dreamed yet another dream ,
and told it his brethren ,
and said ,
Behold ,
I have dreamed a dream more ;
and ,
behold ,
the sun and the moon and the eleven #
H259stars made obeisance to me .
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And he told it to his father ,
and to his brethren :
and his father rebuked him ,
and said unto him ,
What is this dream that thou hast dreamed ?
Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth ?
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And his brethren envied him ;
but his father observed the saying .
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And his brethren went to feed their fathers flock in Shechem .
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And Israel said unto Joseph ,
Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem ?
come ,
and I will send thee unto them .
And he said to him ,
Here am I .
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And he said to him ,
Go ,
I pray thee ,
see whether it be well with thy brethren ,
and well with the flocks tso #
n #;
and bring #
me word again .
So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron ,
and he came to Shechem .
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And a certain man found him ,
and ,
behold ,
he was wandering in the field :
and the man asked him ,
saying ,
What seekest thou ?
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And he said ,
I seek my brethren :
tell me ,
I pray thee ,
where they feed their flocks .
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And the man said ,
They are departed hence ;
for I heard them say ,
Let us go to Dothan .
And Joseph went after his brethren ,
and found them in Dothan .
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And when they saw him afar off ,
even before he came near unto them ,
they conspired against him to slay him .
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And they said one to another ,
Behold ,
this dreamer #
H2472cometh .
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Come now therefore ,
and let us slay him ,
and cast him into some pit ,
and we will say ,
Some evil beast hath devoured him :
and we shall see what will become of his dreams .
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And Reuben heard it ,
and he delivered him out of their hands ;
and said ,
Let us not kill him .
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And Reuben said unto them ,
Shed no blood ,
but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness ,
and lay no hand upon him ;
that he might rid him out of their hands ,
to deliver #
him to his father again .
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And it came to pass ,
when Joseph was come unto his brethren ,
that they stript Joseph out of his coat ,
his coat of many colours that was on him ;
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And they took him ,
and cast him into a pit :
and the pit was empty ,
there was no water in it .
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And they sat down to eat bread :
and they lifted up their eyes and looked ,
and ,
behold ,
a company of Ishmeelites Yishma #
e #
liy #
came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh ,
going to carry it down to Egypt .
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And Judah said unto his brethren ,
What profit is it if we slay our brother ,
and conceal his blood ?
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Come ,
and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites Yishma #
e #
liy #,
and let not our hand be upon him ;
for he is our brother and our flesh .
And his brethren were content .
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Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen #
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and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit ,
and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites Yishma #
e #
liy #
for twenty pieces of silver :
and they brought Joseph into Egypt .
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And Reuben returned unto the pit ;
and ,
behold ,
Joseph was not in the pit ;
and he rent his clothes .
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And he returned unto his brethren ,
and said ,
The child is not ;
and I ,
whither shall I go ?
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And they took Josephs coat ,
and killed a kid of the goats ,
and dipped the coat in the blood ;
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And they sent the coat of many colours ,
and they brought it to their father ;
and said ,
This have we found :
know now whether it be thy sons coat or no .
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And he knew it ,
and said ,
It is my sons coat ;
an evil beast hath devoured him ;
Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces .
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And Jacob rent his clothes ,
and put sackcloth upon his loins ,
and mourned for his son many days .
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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 unto my son mourning .
Thus his father wept for him .
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And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar ,
an officer of Pharaohs Par #
oh #,
and captain of the guard .