Genesis 37
1 Jacob lived in the land where his father was staying, in the land of Canaan.
Habitavit autem Jacob in terra Chanaan, in qua pater suus peregrinatus est.
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.
Et hæ sunt generationes ejus: Joseph cum sedecim esset annorum, pascebat gregem cum fratribus suis adhuc puer: et erat cum filiis Balæ et Zelphæ uxorum patris sui: accusavitque fratres suos apud patrem crimine pessimo.
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.
Israël autem diligebat Joseph super omnes filios suos, eo quod in senectute genuisset eum: fecitque ei tunicam polymitam.
4 His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers. They hated him and would not speak kindly to him.
Videntes autem fratres ejus quod a patre plus cunctis filiis amaretur, oderant eum, nec poterant ei quidquam pacifice loqui.
5 Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told his brothers about it. They hated him even more.
Accidit quoque ut visum somnium referret fratribus suis: quæ causa majoris odii seminarium fuit.
6 He said to them, “Please listen to this dream which I dreamed.
Dixitque ad eos: Audite somnium meum quod vidi:
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.”
putabam nos ligare manipulos in agro: et quasi consurgere manipulum meum, et stare, vestrosque manipulos circumstantes adorare manipulum meum.
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.
Responderunt fratres ejus: Numquid rex noster eris? aut subjiciemur ditioni tuæ? Hæc ergo causa somniorum atque sermonum, invidiæ et odii fomitem ministravit.
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.”
Aliud quoque vidit somnium, quod narrans fratribus, ait: Vidi per somnium, quasi solem, et lunam, et stellas undecim adorare 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?”
Quod cum patri suo, et fratribus retulisset, increpavit eum pater suus, et dixit: Quid sibi vult hoc somnium quod vidisti? num ego et mater tua, et fratres tui adorabimus te super terram?
11 His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
Invidebant ei igitur fratres sui: pater vero rem tacitus considerabat.
12 His brothers went to tend their father's flock in Shechem.
Cumque fratres illius in pascendis gregibus patris morarentur in Sichem,
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.”
dixit ad eum Israël: Fratres tui pascunt oves in Sichimis: veni, mittam te ad eos. Quo respondente,
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.
Præsto sum, ait ei: Vade, et vide si cuncta prospera sint erga fratres tuos, et pecora: et renuntia mihi quid agatur. Missus de valle Hebron, venit in Sichem:
15 A certain man found Joseph. Behold, Joseph was wandering in a field. The man asked him, “What do you seek?”
invenitque eum vir errantem in agro, et interrogavit quid quæreret.
16 Joseph said, “I am seeking my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are tending the flock.”
At ille respondit: Fratres meos quæro: indica mihi ubi pascant greges.
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.
Dixitque ei vir: Recesserunt de loco isto: audivi autem eos dicentes: Eamus in Dothain. Perrexit ergo Joseph post fratres suos, et invenit eos in Dothain.
18 They saw him from a distance, and before he came near to them, they plotted against him to kill him.
Qui cum vidissent eum procul, antequam accederet ad eos, cogitaverunt illum occidere:
19 His brothers said to one another, “Look, this dreamer is approaching.
et mutuo loquebantur: Ecce somniator venit:
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.”
venite, occidamus eum, et mittamus in cisternam veterem: dicemusque: Fera pessima devoravit eum: et tunc apparebit quid illi prosint somnia sua.
21 Reuben heard it and rescued him from their hand. He said, “Let us not take his life.”
Audiens autem hoc Ruben, nitebatur liberare eum de manibus eorum, et dicebat:
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.
Non interficiatis animam ejus, nec effundatis sanguinem: sed projicite eum in cisternam hanc, quæ est in solitudine, manusque vestras servate innoxias: hoc autem dicebat, volens eripere eum de manibus eorum, et reddere patri suo.
23 It came about that when Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his beautiful garment.
Confestim igitur ut pervenit ad fratres suos, nudaverunt eum tunica talari et polymita:
24 They took him and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty with no water in it.
miseruntque eum in cisternam veterem, quæ non habebat aquam.
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.
Et sedentes ut comederent panem, viderunt Ismaëlitas viatores venire de Galaad, et camelos eorum portantes aromata, et resinam, et stacten in Ægyptum.
26 Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
Dixit ergo Judas fratribus suis: Quid nobis prodest si occiderimus fratrem nostrum, et celaverimus sanguinem ipsius?
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.
melius est ut venundetur Ismaëlitis, et manus nostræ non polluantur: frater enim et caro nostra est. Acquieverunt fratres sermonibus illius.
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.
Et prætereuntibus Madianitis negotiatoribus, extrahentes eum de cisterna, vendiderunt eum Ismaëlitis, viginti argenteis: qui duxerunt eum in Ægyptum.
29 Reuben returned to the pit, and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit. He tore his clothes.
Reversusque Ruben ad cisternam, non invenit puerum:
30 He returned to his brothers and said, “The boy is not there! And I, where can I go?”
et scissis vestibus pergens ad fratres suos, ait: Puer non comparet, et ego quo ibo?
31 They slaughtered a goat and then took Joseph's garment and dipped it into the blood.
Tulerunt autem tunicam ejus, et in sanguine hædi, quem occiderant, tinxerunt:
32 Then they brought it to their father and said, “We found this. Please see whether it is your son's clothing or not.”
mittentes qui ferrent ad patrem, et dicerent: Hanc invenimus: vide utrum tunica filii tui sit, an non.
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.”
Quam cum agnovisset pater, ait: Tunica filii mei est: fera pessima comedit eum, bestia devoravit Joseph.
34 Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth upon his loins. He mourned for his son many days.
Scissisque vestibus, indutus est cilicio, lugens filium suum multo tempore.
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)
Congregatis autem cunctis liberis ejus ut lenirent dolorem patris, noluit consolationem accipere, sed ait: Descendam ad filium meum lugens in infernum. Et illo perseverante in fletu, (Sheol h7585)
36 The Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard.
Madianitæ vendiderunt Joseph in Ægypto Putiphari eunucho Pharaonis, magistro militum.
