Genesis 37
1 Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan.
And he dwelt Jacob in [the] land of [the] sojournings of father his in [the] land of Canaan.
2 This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them 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 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a tunic of many colors.
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 His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn’t speak peaceably to him.
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 Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.
And he dreamed Joseph a dream and he told [it] to brothers his and they increased again to hate him.
6 He said 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 for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf.”
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 His brothers asked him, “Will you indeed reign over us? Will you indeed have dominion over us?” They hated him all the more 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 He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, “Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down 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 He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to the earth before you?”
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 His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.
And they were jealous of him brothers his and father his he kept the matter.
12 His brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
And they went brothers his to pasture [the] flock of father their at Shechem.
13 Israel said to Joseph, “Aren’t your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” He said 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 He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again.” So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came 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 A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, “What are you looking for?”
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 He said, “I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock.”
And he said brothers my I [am] seeking tell! please to me where? [are] they pasturing.
17 The man said, “They have left here, for I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” Joseph went after his brothers, and found 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 They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.
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 They said to one another, “Behold, this dreamer comes.
And they said each to brother his there! [the] master of dreams this [is] coming.
20 Come now therefore, and let’s kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, ‘An evil animal has devoured him.’ We will see what will become of his dreams.”
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 Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, “Let’s not take his life.”
And he heard Reuben and he rescued him from hand their and he said not let us strike him life.
22 Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him”—that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him 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 When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was 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 they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was 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 They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it 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 Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal 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 let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh.” His brothers listened to him.
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 Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The merchants brought 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 Reuben returned to the pit, and saw that Joseph wasn’t in the pit; and he tore his clothes.
And he returned Reuben to the pit and there! not Joseph [was] in the pit and he tore clothes his.
30 He returned to his brothers, and said, “The child is no more; and I, where will I go?”
And he returned to brothers his and he said the boy not [is] he and I where? [am] I going.
31 They took Joseph’s tunic, and killed a male goat, and dipped the tunic 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 They took the tunic of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, “We have found this. Examine it, now, and see if it is your son’s tunic 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 He recognized it, and said, “It is my son’s tunic. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.”
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 Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned 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 All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” His father wept 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 The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard.
(And the Medanites *L(E)*) they sold him into Egypt to Potiphar an official of Pharaoh [the] commander of the bodyguards.
