Genesis 37
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- And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a
stranger, in the land of Canaan.
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- These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being
seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad
was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's
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 stars made obeisance to me.
- 10
- 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 father's 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.
- 14
- And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be
well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; 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
cometh.
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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.
- 23
- 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 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, and let
not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his
brethren were content.
- 28
- Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they
drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites
for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
- 29
- And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph
was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
- 30
- And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child
is not; and I, whither shall I go?
- 31
- And they took Joseph's 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
son's coat or no.
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- And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil
beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
- 34
- And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his
loins, and mourned for his son many days.
- 35
- 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.
- 36
- And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an
officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.
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