Genesis 37
1 Jacob lived in the land where his father was staying, in the land of Canaan.
and to dwell Jacob in/on/with land: country/planet sojourning father his in/on/with land: country/planet Canaan
2 These were the events concerning Jacob. Joseph, who was a young man seventeen years old, was guarding the flock with his brothers. He was with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought an unfavorable report about them to their father.
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 more than all his sons because he was the son of his old age. He made him a beautiful garment.
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 His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers. They hated him and would not speak kindly 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 Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told his brothers about it. They hated him even more.
and to dream Joseph dream and to tell to/for brother: male-sibling his and to add still to hate [obj] him
6 He said to them, “Please listen to this dream which I dreamed.
and to say to(wards) them to hear: hear please [the] dream [the] this which to dream
7 Behold, we were tying bundles of grain in the field and behold, my bundle rose and stood upright, and behold, your bundles came around and bowed down to my bundle.”
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 brothers said to him, “Will you really reign over us? Will you actually rule over us?” They hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.
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 another dream and told it to his brothers. He said, “Look, I have dreamed another dream: The sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to 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 He told it to his father just as to his brothers, and his father rebuked him. He said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come to bow down to the ground to you?”
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 brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
and be jealous in/on/with him brother: male-sibling his and father his to keep: obey [obj] [the] word
12 His brothers went to tend their father's flock in Shechem.
and to go: went brother: male-sibling his to/for to pasture [obj] flock father their in/on/with Shechem
13 Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers tending the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” Joseph said to him, “I am ready.”
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 He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers and well with the flock, and bring me word.” So Jacob sent him out of the Valley of Hebron, and Joseph went to Shechem.
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 A certain man found Joseph. Behold, Joseph was wandering in a field. The man asked him, “What do you seek?”
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 Joseph said, “I am seeking my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are tending the flock.”
and to say [obj] brother: male-sibling my I to seek to tell [emph?] please to/for me where? they(masc.) to pasture
17 The man said, “They left this place, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'” Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
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 They saw him from a distance, and before he came near to them, they plotted against him 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 His brothers said to one another, “Look, this dreamer is approaching.
and to say man: anyone to(wards) brother: compatriot his behold master: [master of] [the] dream this to come (in): come
20 Come now, therefore, let us kill him and cast him into one of the pits. We will say, 'A wild animal has devoured him.' We will see what will become of his dreams.”
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 Reuben heard it and rescued him from their hand. He said, “Let us not take his life.”
and to hear: hear Reuben and to rescue him from hand their and to say not to smite him soul: life
22 Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him”—that he might rescue him out of their hand to bring him back 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 It came about that when Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his beautiful garment.
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 They took him and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty with no water in it.
and to take: take him and to throw [obj] him [the] pit [to] and [the] pit worthless nothing in/on/with him water
25 They sat down to eat bread. They lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh. They were traveling to carry them down 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 Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and cover up 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 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands upon him. For he is our brother, our flesh.” His brothers listened to him.
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 The Midianite merchants passed by. His brothers drew Joseph up and lifted him up out of the pit. They sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites carried Joseph 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 Reuben returned to the pit, and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit. He tore his clothes.
and to return: return Reuben to(wards) [the] pit and behold nothing Joseph in/on/with pit and to tear [obj] garment his
30 He returned to his brothers and said, “The boy is not there! And I, where can 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 They slaughtered a goat and then took Joseph's garment and dipped it into the blood.
and to take: take [obj] tunic Joseph and to slaughter he-goat goat and to dip [obj] [the] tunic in/on/with blood
32 Then they brought it to their father and said, “We found this. Please see whether it is your son's clothing 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 Jacob recognized it and said, “It is my son's clothing. A wild animal has devoured him. Joseph has certainly been torn to pieces.”
and to recognize her and to say tunic son: child my living thing bad: harmful to eat him to tear to tear Joseph
34 Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth upon his loins. He mourned for his son many days.
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 All his sons and daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “Indeed I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” His father wept for him. (Sheol h7585)
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 h7585)
36 The Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard.
(and [the] Midianite *L(E)*) to sell [obj] him to(wards) Egypt to/for Potiphar eunuch Pharaoh ruler [the] guard
