Genesis 37
1 And Jacob dwells in the land of his father’s sojournings—in the land of Canaan.
And he dwelt Jacob in [the] land of [the] sojournings of father his in [the] land of Canaan.
2 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.
These - [are] [the] accounts of Jacob Joseph [was] a son of seven-teen year[s] he was shepherding with brothers his the flock and he [was] a youth with [the] sons of Bilhah and with [the] sons of Zilpah [the] wives of father his and he brought Joseph report their bad to father their.
3 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;
And Israel he loved Joseph more than all sons his for [was] a son of old age he for him and he made for him a long garment of palms and soles.
4 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.
And they saw brothers his that him he loved father their more than all brothers his and they hated him and not they were able to speak to him to welfare.
5 And Joseph dreams a dream, and declares to his brothers, and they add still more to hate him.
And he dreamed Joseph a dream and he told [it] to brothers his and they increased again to hate him.
6 And he says to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:
And he said to them hear please the dream this which I have dreamed.
7 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.”
And there! we [were] binding sheaves in [the] middle of the field and there! it arose sheaf my and also it stood upright and there! they gathered round sheaves your and they bowed down to sheaf my.
8 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.
And they said to him brothers his ¿ really will you reign over us or? certainly will you rule over us and they increased again to hate him on dreams his and on words his.
9 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.”
And he dreamed again a dream another and he recounted it to brothers his and he said here! I have dreamed a dream again and there! the sun and the moon and one [plus] ten stars [were] bowing down to me.
10 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?”
And he recounted [it] to father his and to brothers his and he rebuked him father his and he said to him what? [is] the dream this which you have dreamed ¿ really will we come I and mother your and brothers your to bow down to you [the] ground towards.
11 And his brothers are zealous against him, and his father has watched the matter.
And they were jealous of him brothers his and father his he kept the matter.
12 And his brothers go to feed the flock of their father in Shechem,
And they went brothers his to pasture [the] flock of father their at Shechem.
13 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]”;
And he said Israel to Joseph ¿ not [are] brothers your pasturing at Shechem come! and I will send you to them and he said to him here [am] I.
14 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.
And he said to him go please see [the] welfare of brothers your and [the] welfare of the flock and bring to me word and he sent him from [the] valley of Hebron and he came Shechem towards.
15 And a man finds him, and behold, he is wandering in the field, and the man asks him, saying, “What do you seek?”
And he found him a man and there! [he was] wandering in the open country and he asked him the man saying what? are you seeking.
16 And he says, “I am seeking my brothers, please declare to me where they are feeding.”
And he said brothers my I [am] seeking tell! please to me where? [are] they pasturing.
17 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.
And he said the man they have departed from here for I heard [them] saying let us go Dothan towards and he went Joseph after brothers his and he found them at Dothan.
18 And they see him from afar, even before he draws near to them, and they conspire against him to put him to death.
And they saw him from a distance and just before he drew near to them and they dealt deceptively with him to kill him.
19 And they say to one another, “Behold, this man of the dreams comes;
And they said each to brother his there! [the] master of dreams this [is] coming.
20 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.”
And now - come and let us kill him and let us throw him in one of the pits and we will say an animal wild it has eaten him and we may see what? will be dreams his.
21 And Reuben hears, and delivers him out of their hand, and says, “Let us not strike the life”;
And he heard Reuben and he rescued him from hand their and he said not let us strike him life.
22 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.
And he said to them - Reuben may not you shed blood throw him into the pit this which [is] in the wilderness and a hand may not you stretch out on him so as to rescue him from hand their to restore him to father his.
23 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,
And it was just when he came Joseph to brothers his and they stripped Joseph long garment his [the] long garment of the palms and soles which [was] on him.
24 and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit [is] empty, there is no water in it.
And they took him and they threw him the pit towards and the pit [was] empty there not in it [was] water.
25 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.
And they sat down to eat bread and they lifted up eyes their and they saw and there! a caravan of Ishmaelites [was] coming from Gilead and camels their [were] carrying spice and balm and myrrh traveling to take [them] down Egypt towards.
26 And Judah says to his brothers, “What gain when we slay our brother, and have concealed his blood?
And he said Judah to brothers his what? [is the] profit if we will kill brother our and we will conceal blood his.
27 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.
Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and hand our may not it be on him for [is] brother our flesh our he and they listened brothers his.
28 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.
And they passed by men Midianite[s] traders and they drew and they brought up Joseph from the pit and they sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silver and they brought Joseph Egypt towards.
29 And Reuben returns to the pit, and behold, Joseph is not in the pit, and he tears his garments,
And he returned Reuben to the pit and there! not Joseph [was] in the pit and he tore clothes his.
30 and he returns to his brothers and says, “The boy is not, and I—to where am I going?”
And he returned to brothers his and he said the boy not [is] he and I where? [am] I going.
31 And they take the coat of Joseph, and slaughter a kid of the goats, and dip the coat in the blood,
And they took [the] long garment of Joseph and they slaughtered a male goat of goats and they dipped the long garment in the blood.
32 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.”
And they sent [the] long garment of the palms and soles and they brought [it] to father their and they said this we have found investigate please ¿ [the] long garment of son your [is] it or? not.
33 And he discerns it and says, “My son’s coat! An evil beast has devoured him; torn—Joseph is torn!”
And he recognized it and he said [it is] [the] long garment of son my an animal wild it has eaten him certainly he has been torn to pieces Joseph.
34 And Jacob tears his raiment, and puts sackcloth on his loins, and becomes a mourner for his son many days,
And he tore Jacob clothes his and he put sackcloth on loins his and he mourned on son his days many.
35 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)
And they arose all sons his and all daughters his to comfort him and he refused to be comforted and he said that I will go down to son my mourning Sheol towards and he wept for him father his. (Sheol h7585)
36 And the Midianites have sold him to Egypt, to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners.
(And the Medanites *L(E)*) they sold him into Egypt to Potiphar an official of Pharaoh [the] commander of the bodyguards.
