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(KJV)
Genesis 37
1 And
Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of
Canaan.
2
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.
3 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.
4 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.
5 And
Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the
more.
6 And
he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
7
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.
8 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.
9 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?
11 And
his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
12 And
his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
13 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.
15 And
a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the
man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
16 And
he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their
flocks.
17 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.
18 And
when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired
against him to slay him.
19 And
they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
20
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.
21 And
Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not
kill him.
22 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;
24 And
they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no
water in it.
25 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.
26 And
Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and
conceal his blood?
27
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;
32 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.
33 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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