تكوين 37

١ 1 وَسَكَنَ يَعْقُوبُ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، حَيْثُ تَغَرَّبَ أَبُوهُ،

And Jacob dwells in the land of his father’s sojournings—in the land of Canaan.

٢ 2 وَهَذَا سِجِلٌّ بِسِيرَةِ يَعْقُوبَ. إِذْ كَانَ يُوسُفُ غُلَاماً فِي السَّابِعَةِ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ، رَاحَ يَرْعَى الْغَنَمَ مَعَ إِخْوَتِهِ أَبْنَاءِ بِلْهَةَ وَزِلْفَةَ زَوْجَتَيْ أَبِيهِ، فَأَبْلَغَ يُوسُفُ أَبَاهُ بِنَمِيمَتِهِمِ الرَّدِيئَةِ.

These [are] the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a son of seventeen years, has been enjoying himself with his brothers among the flock (and he [is] a youth), with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and Joseph brings in an account of their evil to their father.

٣ 3 وَكَانَ إِسْرَائِيلُ يُحِبُّ يُوسُفَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ بَقِيَّةِ إِخْوَتِهِ، لأَنَّهُ كَانَ ابْنَ شَيْخُوخَتِهِ، فَصَنَعَ لَهُ قَمِيصاً مُلَوَّناً.

And Israel has loved Joseph more than any of his sons, for he [is] a son of his old age, and has made for him a long coat;

٤ 4 وَلَمَّا رَأَى إِخْوَتُهُ أَنَّ أَبَاهُمْ يُحِبُّهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْهُمْ كَرِهُوهُ وَأَسَاءُوا إِلَيْهِ بِكَلامِهِمْ.

and his brothers see that their father has loved him more than any of his brothers, and they hate him, and have not been able to speak [to] him peaceably.

٥ 5 وَحَلُمَ يُوسُفُ حُلْماً قَصَّهُ عَلَى إِخْوَتِهِ، فَازْدَادُوا لَهُ بُغْضاً.

And Joseph dreams a dream, and declares to his brothers, and they add still more to hate him.

٦ 6 قَالَ لَهُمْ: «اسْمَعُوا هَذَا الْحُلْمَ الَّذِي حَلَمْتُهُ.

And he says to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:

٧ 7 رَأَيْتُ وَكَأَنَّنَا نَحْزِمُ حُزَماً فِي الْحَقْلِ، فَإِذَا بِحُزْمَتِي وَقَفَتْ ثُمَّ انْتَصَبَتْ، فَأَحَاطَتْ بِها حُزَمُكُمْ وَانْحَنَتْ لَهَا».

that, behold, we are binding bundles in the midst of the field, and behold, my bundle has arisen, and has also stood up, and behold, your bundles are all around, and they bow themselves to my bundle.”

٨ 8 فَقَالَ لَهُ إِخْوَتُهُ: «أَلَعَلَّكَ تَمْلِكُ عَلَيْنَا أَوْ تَحْكُمُنَا؟» وَزَادَ بُغْضُهُمْ لَهُ بِسَبَبِ أَحْلامِهِ وَكَلامِهِ.

And his brothers say to him, “Do you certainly reign over us? Do you certainly rule over us?” And they add still more to hate him, for his dreams, and for his words.

٩ 9 ثُمَّ حَلُمَ حُلْماً آخَرَ سَرَدَهُ عَلَى إِخْوَتِهِ، قَالَ: «حَلَمْتُ حُلْماً آخَرَ، وَإذَا الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ وَأَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَباً سَاجِدَةٌ لِي».

And he dreams yet another dream, and recounts it to his brothers, and says, “Behold, I have dreamed a dream again, and behold, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars, are bowing themselves to me.”

١٠ 10 وَقَصَّهُ عَلَى أَبِيهِ وَإِخْوَتِهِ، فَأَنَّبَهُ أَبُوهُ وَقَالَ: «أَيُّ حُلْمٍ هَذَا الَّذِي حَلَمْتَهُ؟ أَتَظُنُّ حَقّاً أَنَّنِي وَأُمَّكَ وَإِخْوَتَكَ سَنَأْتِي وَنَنْحَنِي لَكَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ؟»

And he recounts to his father, and to his brothers; and his father pushes against him, and says to him, “What [is] this dream which you have dreamed? Do we certainly come, I, and your mother, and your brothers—to bow ourselves to you, to the earth?”

١١ 11 فَحَسَدَهُ إِخْوَتُهُ. أَمَّا أَبُوهُ فَأَسَرَّ هَذَا الْكَلامَ فِي قَلْبِهِ.

And his brothers are zealous against him, and his father has watched the matter.

١٢ 12 وَانْطَلَقَ إِخْوَتُهُ لِيَرْعَوْا غَنَمَ أَبِيهِمْ عِنْدَ شَكِيمَ،

And his brothers go to feed the flock of their father in Shechem,

١٣ 13 فَقَالَ إِسْرَائِيلُ لِيُوسُفَ: أَلا يَرْعَى إِخْوَتُكَ الْغَنَمَ عِنْدَ شَكِيمَ؟ تَعَالَ لأُرْسِلَكَ إِلَيْهِمْ.

and Israel says to Joseph, “Are your brothers not feeding in Shechem? Come, and I send you to them”; and he says to him, “Here I [am]”;

١٤ 14 اذْهَبْ وَاطْمَئِنَّ عَلَى إِخْوَتِكَ وَعَلَى الْمَوَاشِي، ثُمَّ عُدْ وَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ أَحْوَالِهِمْ، فَمَضَى مِنْ وَادِي حَبْرُونَ حَتَّى أَقْبَلَ إِلَى شَكِيمَ.

and he says to him, “Now go see the peace of your brothers, and the peace of the flock, and bring me back word”; and he sends him from the Valley of Hebron, and he comes to Shechem.

١٥ 15 وَالْتَقَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَوَجَدَهُ تَائِهاً فِي الْحُقُولِ، فَسَأَلَهُ: «عَمَّنْ تَبْحَثُ؟»

And a man finds him, and behold, he is wandering in the field, and the man asks him, saying, “What do you seek?”

١٦ 16 فَأَجَابَهُ: «أَبْحَثُ عَنْ إِخْوَتِي. أَرْجُوكَ أَنْ تُخْبِرَنِي أَيْنَ يَرْعَوْنَ مَوَاشِيَهُمْ؟»

And he says, “I am seeking my brothers, please declare to me where they are feeding.”

١٧ 17 فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: «لَقَدِ انْتَقَلُوا مِنْ هُنَا، وَسَمِعْتُهُمْ يَقُولُونَ: لِنَذْهَبْ إِلَى دُوثَانَ». فَانْطَلَقَ يُوسُفُ فِي إِثْرِ إِخْوَتِهِ حَتَّى قَدِمَ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي دُوثَانَ.

And the man says, “They have journeyed from this, for I have heard some saying, Let us go to Dothan,” and Joseph goes after his brothers, and finds them in Dothan.

١٨ 18 وَمَا إِنْ رَأَوْهُ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ، وَقَبْلَ أَنْ يَقْتَرِبَ مِنْهُمْ حَتَّى تَآمَرُوا عَلَيْهِ لِيَقْتُلُوهُ.

And they see him from afar, even before he draws near to them, and they conspire against him to put him to death.

١٩ 19 وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: «هَا هُوَ صَاحِبُ الأَحْلامِ مُقْبِلٌ.

And they say to one another, “Behold, this man of the dreams comes;

٢٠ 20 هَيَّا نَقْتُلُهُ وَنُلْقِ بِهِ فِي إِحْدَى الآبَارِ، وَنَدَّعِي أَنَّ وَحْشاً ضَارِياً افْتَرَسَهُ، لِنَرَى مَاذَا تُجْدِيهِ أَحْلامُهُ».

and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast has devoured him; and we see what his dreams are.”

٢١ 21 وَإِذْ سَمِعَ رَأُوبَيْنُ حَدِيثَهُمْ، أَرَادَ أَنْ يُنْقِذَهُ فَقَالَ: «لا نَقْتُلُهُ،

And Reuben hears, and delivers him out of their hand, and says, “Let us not strike the life”;

٢٢ 22 وَلا تَسْفِكُوا دَماً، بَلِ اطْرَحُوهُ فِي هَذِهِ الْبِئْرِ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ، وَلا تَمُدُّوا إِلَيْهِ يَداً بِأَذىً». وَقَدْ أَشَارَ رَأُوبَيْنُ بِهَذَا لأَنَّهُ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُخَلِّصَهُ مِنْهُمْ وَيَرُدَّهُ إِلَى أَبِيهِ.

and Reuben says to them, “Shed no blood; cast him into this pit which [is] in the wilderness, and do not put forth a hand on him,” in order to deliver him out of their hand, to bring him back to his father.

٢٣ 23 وَعِنْدَمَا قَدِمَ عَلَى إِخْوَتِهِ، نَزَعُوا عَنْهُ قَمِيصَهُ الْمُلَوَّنَ الَّذِي كَانَ يَرْتَدِيهِ،

And it comes to pass, when Joseph has come to his brothers, that they strip Joseph of his coat, the long coat which [is] on him,

٢٤ 24 وَأَخَذُوهُ وَأَلْقَوْا بِهِ فِي الْبِئْرِ. وَكَانَتِ الْبِئْرُ فَارِغَةً مِنَ الْمَاءِ.

and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit [is] empty, there is no water in it.

٢٥ 25 وَحِينَ جَلَسُوا لِيَأْكُلُوا شَاهَدُوا عَنْ بُعْدٍ قَافِلَةً مِنَ الإِسْمَاعِيلِيِّينَ قَادِمِينَ مِنْ جِلْعَادَ فِي طَرِيقِهِمْ إِلَى مِصْرَ، وَجِمَالُهُمْ مُثَقَّلَةٌ بِالتَّوَابِلِ وَالْبَلَسَانِ وَالْمُرِّ.

And they sit down to eat bread, and they lift up their eyes, and look, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, and their camels carrying spices, and balm, and myrrh, going to take [them] down to Egypt.

٢٦ 26 فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا لإِخْوَتِهِ: «مَا جَدْوَى قَتْلِ أَخِينَا وَإِخْفَاءِ دَمِهِ؟

And Judah says to his brothers, “What gain when we slay our brother, and have concealed his blood?

٢٧ 27 تَعَالَوْا نَبِيعُهُ إِلَى الإِسْمَاعِيلِيِّينَ وَنُبْرِئُ أَيْدِينَا مِنْ دَمِهِ لأَنَّهُ أَخُونَا وَمِنْ لَحْمِنَا». فَوَافَقَ إِخْوَتُهُ عَلَى رَأْيِهِ.

Come, and we sell him to the Ishmaelites, and our hands are not on him, for he [is] our brother—our flesh”; and his brothers listen.

٢٨ 28 وَعِنْدَمَا دَنَا مِنْهُمُ التُّجَّارُ الْمِدْيَانِيُّونَ، سَحَبُوا يُوسُفَ مِنَ الْبِئْرِ وَبَاعُوهُ لَهُمْ بِعِشْرِينَ قِطْعَةً مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ، فَحَمَلُوهُ إِلَى مِصْرَ.

And Midianite merchantmen pass by and they draw out and bring up Joseph out of the pit, and sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver, and they bring Joseph into Egypt.

٢٩ 29 ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ رَأُوبَيْنُ إِلَى الْبِئْرِ لِيُنْقِذَ يُوسُفَ فَلَمْ يَجِدْهُ، فَمَزَّقَ ثِيَابَهُ،

And Reuben returns to the pit, and behold, Joseph is not in the pit, and he tears his garments,

٣٠ 30 وَرَجَعَ إِلَى إِخْوَتِهِ يَقُولُ: «الْوَلَدُ لَيْسَ مَوْجُوداً، وَأَنَا الآنَ إِلَى أَيْنَ أَتَوَجَّهُ؟»

and he returns to his brothers and says, “The boy is not, and I—to where am I going?”

٣١ 31 فَأَخَذُوا قَمِيصَ يُوسُفَ الْمُلَوَّنَ، وَذَبَحُوا تَيْساً مِنَ الْمِعْزَى وَغَمَسُوا الْقَمِيصَ فِي الدَّمِ،

And they take the coat of Joseph, and slaughter a kid of the goats, and dip the coat in the blood,

٣٢ 32 وَأَرْسَلُوهُ إِلَى أَبِيهِمْ قَائِلِينَ: «لَقَدْ وَجَدْنَا هَذَا الْقَمِيصَ، فَتَحَقَّقْ مِنْهُ، أَهُوَ قَمِيصُ ابْنِكَ أَمْ لا؟»

and send the long coat, and they bring [it] to their father, and say, “We have found this; please discern whether it [is] your son’s coat or not.”

٣٣ 33 فَتَعَرَّفَ يَعْقُوبُ عَلَيْهِ وَقَالَ: «هَذَا قَمِيصُ ابْنِي. وَحْشٌ ضَارٍ افْتَرَسَهُ وَمَزَّقَهُ أَشْلاءَ».

And he discerns it and says, “My son’s coat! An evil beast has devoured him; torn—Joseph is torn!”

٣٤ 34 فَشَقَّ يَعْقُوبُ ثِيَابَهُ، وَارْتَدَى الْمُسُوحَ عَلَى حَقْوَيْهِ، وَنَاحَ عَلَى ابْنِهِ أَيَّاماً عَدِيدَةً.

And Jacob tears his raiment, and puts sackcloth on his loins, and becomes a mourner for his son many days,

٣٥ 35 وَعِنْدَمَا قَامَ جَمِيعُ أَبْنَائِهِ لِيُعَزُّوهُ أَبَى أَنْ يَتَعَزَّى وَقَالَ: «إِنِّي أَمْضِي إِلَى ابْنِي نَائِحاً إِلَى الْهَاوِيَةِ». وَبَكَى عَلَيْهِ أَبُوهُ. (Sheol h7585)

and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuses to comfort himself, and says, “For I go down to my son mourning, to Sheol,” and his father weeps for him. (Sheol h7585)

٣٦ 36 وَبَاعَ الْمِدْيَانِيُّونَ يُوسُفَ فِي مِصْرَ لِفُوطِيفَارَ كَبِيرِ خَدَمِ فِرْعَوْنَ، رَئِيسِ الْحَرَسِ.

And the Midianites have sold him to Egypt, to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners.

Joseph is Sold by His Brothers