37:1 Jacob
lived
in
the
land
of
his
father's
sojournings,
in
the
land
of
Canaan.
37:2 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.
37:3 Now
Israel
loved
Joseph
more
than
any
other
of
his
sons,
because
he
was
the
son
of
his
old
age.
And
he
made
him
a
robe
of
many
colors.
37:4 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.
37:5 Now
Joseph
had
a
dream,
and
when
he
told
it
to
his
brothers
they
hated
him
even
more.
37:6 He
said
to
them,
"Hear
this
dream
that
I
have
dreamed:
37:7 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."
37:8 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.
37:9 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."
37:10 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"
37:11 And
his
brothers
were
jealous
of
him,
but
his
father
kept
the
saying
in
mind.
37:12 Now
his
brothers
went
to
pasture
their
father's
flock
near
Shechem.
37:13 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."
37:14 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.
37:15 And
a
man
found
him
wandering
in
the
fields.
And
the
man
asked
him,
"What
are
you
seeking"
37:16 "I
am
seeking
my
brothers,"
he
said.
"Tell
me,
please,
where
they
are
pasturing
the
flock."
37:17 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.
37:18 They
saw
him
from
afar,
and
before
he
came
near
to
them
they
conspired
against
him
to
kill
him.
37:19 They
said
to
one
another,
"Here
comes
this
dreamer.
37:20 Come
now,
let
us
kill
him
and
throw
him
into
one
of
the
pits.
Then
we
will
say
that
a
fierce
animal
has
devoured
him,
and
we
will
see
what
will
become
of
his
dreams."
37:21 But
when
Reuben
heard
it,
he
rescued
him
out
of
their
hands,
saying,
"Let
us
not
take
his
life."
37:22 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.
37:23 So
when
Joseph
came
to
his
brothers,
they
stripped
him
of
his
robe,
the
robe
of
many
colors
that
he
wore.
37:24 And
they
took
him
and
threw
him
into
a
pit.
The
pit
was
empty;
there
was
no
water
in
it.
37:25 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.
37:26 Then
Judah
said
to
his
brothers,
"What
profit
is
it
if
we
kill
our
brother
and
conceal
his
blood
37:27 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.
37:28 Then
Midianite
traders
passed
by.
And
they
drew
Joseph
up
and
lifted
him
out
of
the
pit,
and
sold
him
to
the
Ishmaelites
for
twenty
shekels
of
silver.
They
took
Joseph
to
Egypt.
37:29 When
Reuben
returned
to
the
pit
and
saw
that
Joseph
was
not
in
the
pit,
he
tore
his
clothes
37:30 and
returned
to
his
brothers
and
said,
"The
boy
is
gone,
and
I,
where
shall
I
go"
37:31 Then
they
took
Joseph's
robe
and
slaughtered
a
goat
and
dipped
the
robe
in
the
blood.
37:32 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."
37:33 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."
37:34 Then
Jacob
tore
his
garments
and
put
sackcloth
on
his
loins
and
mourned
for
his
son
many
days.
37:35 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.
37:36 Meanwhile
the
Midianites
had
sold
him
in
Egypt
to
Potiphar,
an
officer
of
Pharaoh,
the
captain
of
the
guard.