< Genesis 37 >
1 And Jacob dwelt in the land of Chanaan wherein his father sojourned.
and to dwell Jacob in/on/with land: country/planet sojourning father his in/on/with land: country/planet Canaan
2 And these are his generations: Joseph, when he was sixteen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren, being but a boy: and he was with the sons of Bala and of Zelpha his father’s wives: and he accused his brethren to his father of a most wicked crime.
these generation Jacob Joseph son: aged seven ten year to be to pasture with brother: male-sibling his in/on/with flock and he/she/it youth with son: aged Bilhah and with son: child Zilpah woman: wife father his and to come (in): bring Joseph [obj] slander their bad: harmful to(wards) father their
3 Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons, because he had him in his old age: and he made him a coat of divers colours.
and Israel to love: lover [obj] Joseph from all son: child his for son: child extreme age he/she/it to/for him and to make to/for him tunic long-sleeved
4 And his brethren seeing that he was loved by his father, more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
and to see: see brother: male-sibling his for [obj] him to love: lover father their from all brother: male-sibling his and to hate [obj] him and not be able to speak: speak him to/for peace
5 Now it fell out also that he told his brethren a dream, that he had dreamed: which occasioned them to hate him the more.
and to dream Joseph dream and to tell to/for brother: male-sibling his and to add still to hate [obj] him
6 And he said to them: Hear my dream which I dreamed.
and to say to(wards) them to hear: hear please [the] dream [the] this which to dream
7 I thought we were binding sheaves in the field: and my sheaf arose as it were, and stood, and your sheaves standing about, bowed down before my sheaf.
and behold we be dumb sheaf in/on/with midst [the] land: country and behold to arise: rise sheaf my and also to stand and behold to turn: turn sheaf your and to bow to/for sheaf my
8 His brethren answered: Shalt thou be our king? or shall we be subject to thy dominion? Therefore this matter of his dreams and words ministered nourishment to their envy and hatred.
and to say to/for him brother: male-sibling his to reign to reign upon us if to rule to rule in/on/with us and to add still to hate [obj] him upon dream his and upon word his
9 He dreamed also another dream, which he told his brethren, saying: I saw in a dream, as it were the sun, and the moon, and eleven stars worshipping me.
and to dream still dream another and to recount [obj] him to/for brother: male-sibling his and to say behold to dream dream still and behold [the] sun and [the] moon and one ten star to bow to/for me
10 And when he had told this to his father and brethren, his father rebuked him, and said: What meaneth this dream that thou hast dreamed? shall I and thy mother, and thy brethren worship thee upon the earth?
and to recount to(wards) father his and to(wards) brother: male-sibling his and to rebuke in/on/with him father his and to say to/for him what? [the] dream [the] this which to dream to come (in): come to come (in): come I and mother your and brother: male-sibling your to/for to bow to/for you land: soil [to]
11 His brethren therefore envied him: but his father considered the thing with himself.
and be jealous in/on/with him brother: male-sibling his and father his to keep: obey [obj] [the] word
12 And when his brethren abode in Sichem feeding their father’s flocks,
and to go: went brother: male-sibling his to/for to pasture [obj] flock father their in/on/with Shechem
13 Israel said to him: Thy brethren feed the sheep in Sichem: come, I will send thee to them. And when he answered:
and to say Israel to(wards) Joseph not brother: male-sibling your to pasture in/on/with Shechem to go: come! [emph?] and to send: depart you to(wards) them and to say to/for him behold I
14 I am ready: he said to him: Go, and see if all things be well with thy brethren, and the cattle: and bring me word again what is doing. So being sent from the vale of Hebron, he came to Sichem:
and to say to/for him to go: went please to see: see [obj] peace: well-being brother: male-sibling your and [obj] peace: well-being [the] flock and to return: return me word and to send: depart him from Valley (of Hebron) Hebron (Valley) and to come (in): come Shechem [to]
15 And a man found him there wandering in the field, and asked what he sought.
and to find him man and behold to go astray in/on/with land: country and to ask him [the] man to/for to say what? to seek
16 But he answered: I seek my brethren; tell me where they feed the flocks.
and to say [obj] brother: male-sibling my I to seek to tell [emph?] please to/for me where? they(masc.) to pasture
17 And the man said to him: They are departed from this place: for I heard them say: Let us go to Dothain. And Joseph went forward after his brethren, and found them in Dothain.
and to say [the] man to set out from this for to hear: hear to say to go: follow Dothan [to] and to go: follow Joseph after brother: male-sibling his and to find them in/on/with Dothan
18 And when they saw him afar off, before he came nigh them, they thought to kill him.
and to see: see [obj] him from distant and in/on/with before to present: come to(wards) them and to plot [obj] him to/for to die him
19 And said one to another: Behold the dreamer cometh.
and to say man: anyone to(wards) brother: compatriot his behold master: [master of] [the] dream this to come (in): come
20 Come, let us kill him, and cast him into some old pit: and we will say: Some evil beast hath devoured him: and then it shall appear what his dreams avail him:
and now to go: come! and to kill him and to throw him in/on/with one [the] pit and to say living thing bad: harmful to eat him and to see: see what? to be dream his
21 And Ruben hearing this, endeavoured to deliver him out of their hands, and said:
and to hear: hear Reuben and to rescue him from hand their and to say not to smite him soul: life
22 Do not take away his life, nor shed his blood: but cast him into this pit, that is in the wilderness, and keep your hands harmless: now he said this, being desirous to deliver him out of their hands and to restore him to his father.
and to say to(wards) them Reuben not to pour: kill blood to throw [obj] him to(wards) [the] pit [the] this which in/on/with wilderness and hand not to send: reach in/on/with him because to rescue [obj] him from hand their to/for to return: rescue him to(wards) father his
23 And as soon as he came to his brethren, they forthwith stript him of his outside coat, that was of divers colours:
and to be like/as as which to come (in): come Joseph to(wards) brother: male-sibling his and to strip [obj] Joseph [obj] tunic his [obj] tunic [the] long-sleeved which upon him
24 And cast him into an old pit, where there was no water.
and to take: take him and to throw [obj] him [the] pit [to] and [the] pit worthless nothing in/on/with him water
25 And sitting down to eat bread, they saw some Ismaelites on their way coming from Galaad, with their camels, carrying spices, and balm, and myrrh to Egypt.
and to dwell to/for to eat food and to lift: look eye: seeing their and to see: see and behold caravan Ishmaelite to come (in): come from Gilead and camel their to lift: bear tragacanth gum and balsam and myrrh to go: journey to/for to go down Egypt [to]
26 And Juda said to his brethren: What will it profit us to kill our brother, and conceal his blood?
and to say Judah to(wards) brother: male-sibling his what? unjust-gain for to kill [obj] brother: male-sibling our and to cover [obj] blood his
27 It is better that he be sold to the Ismaelites, and that our hands be not defiled: for he is our brother and our flesh. His brethren agreed to his words.
to go: come! and to sell him to/for Ishmaelite and hand our not to be in/on/with him for brother: male-sibling our flesh our he/she/it and to hear: hear brother: male-sibling his
28 And when the Madianite merchants passed by, they drew him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ismaelites, for twenty pieces of silver: and they led him into Egypt.
and to pass human Midianite to trade and to draw and to ascend: establish [obj] Joseph from [the] pit and to sell [obj] Joseph to/for Ishmaelite in/on/with twenty silver: money and to come (in): bring [obj] Joseph Egypt [to]
29 And Ruben, returning to the pit, found not the boy:
and to return: return Reuben to(wards) [the] pit and behold nothing Joseph in/on/with pit and to tear [obj] garment his
30 And rending his garments he went to his brethren, and said: The boy doth not appear and whither shall I go?
and to return: return to(wards) brother: male-sibling his and to say [the] youth nothing he and I where? I to come (in): come
31 And they took his coat, and dipped it in the blood of a kid, which they had killed:
and to take: take [obj] tunic Joseph and to slaughter he-goat goat and to dip [obj] [the] tunic in/on/with blood
32 Sending some to carry it to their father, and to say: This we have found: see whether it be thy son’s coat, or not.
and to send: depart [obj] tunic [the] long-sleeved and to come (in): bring to(wards) father their and to say this to find to recognize please tunic son: child your he/she/it if not
33 And the father acknowledging it, said: It is my son’s coat, an evil wild beast hath eaten him, a beast hath devoured Joseph.
and to recognize her and to say tunic son: child my living thing bad: harmful to eat him to tear to tear Joseph
34 And tearing his garments, he put on sackcloth, mourning for his son a long time.
and to tear Jacob mantle his and to set: put sackcloth in/on/with loin his and to mourn upon son: child his day many
35 And all his children being gathered together to comfort their father in his sorrow, he would not receive comfort, but said: I will go down to my son into hell, mourning. And whilst he continued weeping, (Sheol )
and to arise: rise all son: child his and all daughter his to/for to be sorry: comfort him and to refuse to/for to be sorry: comfort and to say for to go down to(wards) son: child my mourning hell: Sheol [to] and to weep [obj] him father his (Sheol )
36 The Madianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Putiphar, an eunuch of Pharao, captain of the soldiers.
(and [the] Midianite *L(E)*) to sell [obj] him to(wards) Egypt to/for Potiphar eunuch Pharaoh ruler [the] guard