Genesis 37
1 Habitavit autem Iacob in terra Chanaan, in qua pater suus peregrinatus est.
Jacob [Supplanter] lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan [Humbled].
2 Et hae sunt generationes eius: Ioseph cum sedecim esset annorum, pascebat gregem cum fratribus suis adhuc puer: et erat cum filiis Balae et Zelphae uxorum patris sui: accusavitque fratres suos apud patrem crimine pessimo.
This is the history of the generations of Jacob [Supplanter]. Joseph [May he add], being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah [Bashful] and Zilpah [Frailty], his father’s wives. Joseph [May he add] brought an evil report of them to their father.
3 Israel autem diligebat Ioseph super omnes filios, eo quod in senectute genuisset eum: fecitque ei tunicam polymitam.
Now Israel [God prevails] 'ahav ·affectionately loved· Joseph [May he add] more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a coat of many colors.
4 Videntes autem fratres eius quod a patre plus cunctis filiis amaretur, oderant eum, nec poterant ei quidquam pacifice loqui.
His brothers saw that their father 'ahav ·affectionately loved· him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn’t speak peaceably to him.
5 Accidit quoque ut visum somnium referret fratribus suis: quae causa maioris odii seminarium fuit.
Joseph [May he add] dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.
6 Dixitque ad eos: Audite somnium meum quod vidi:
He said to them, “Please sh'ma ·hear obey· this dream which I have dreamed:
7 Putabam nos ligare manipulos in agro: et quasi consurgere manipulum meum, et stare, vestrosque manipulos circumstantes adorare manipulum meum.
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.”
8 Responderunt fratres eius: Numquid rex noster eris? aut subiiciemur ditioni tuae? Haec ergo causa somniorum atque sermonum, invidiae et odii fomitem ministravit.
His brothers said to him, “Will you indeed reign over us? Or will you indeed have dominion over us?” They hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words.
9 Aliud quoque vidit somnium, quod narrans fratribus, ait: Vidi per somnium, quasi solem, et lunam, et stellas undecim adorare me.
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.”
10 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?
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 you to the earth?”
11 Invidebant ei igitur fratres sui: pater vero rem tacitus considerabat.
His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.
12 Cumque fratres illius in pascendis gregibus patris morarentur in Sichem,
His brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
13 dixit ad eum Israel: Fratres tui pascunt oves in Sichimis: veni, mittam te ad eos. Quo respondente,
Israel [God prevails] said to Joseph [May he add], “Are not your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” He said to him, “Here I am.”
14 Praesto sum, ait ei: Vade, et vide si cuncta prospera sint erga fratres tuos, et pecora: et renuncia mihi quid agatur. Missus de Valle Hebron, venit in Sichem:
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.
15 invenitque eum vir errantem in agro, et interrogavit quid quaereret.
A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, “What are you looking for?”
16 At ille respondit: Fratres meos quaero, indica mihi ubi pascant greges.
He said, “I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock.”
17 Dixitque ei vir: Recesserunt de loco isto: audivi autem eos dicentes: Eamus in Dothain. Perrexit itaque Ioseph post fratres suos, et invenit eos in Dothain.
The man said, “They have left here, for I sh'ma ·heard obeyed· them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” Joseph [May he add] went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.
18 Qui cum vidissent eum procul, antequam accederet ad eos, cogitaverunt illum occidere:
They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.
19 et mutuo loquebantur: Ecce somniator venit:
They said to one another, “Behold, this dreamer comes.
20 venite, occidamus eum, et mittamus in cisternam veterem: dicemusque: Fera pessima devoravit eum: et tunc apparebit quid illi prosint somnia sua.
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.”
21 Audiens autem hoc Ruben, nitebatur liberare eum de manibus eorum, et dicebat:
Reuben [See, a son!] sh'ma ·heard obeyed· it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, “Let’s not take his life.”
22 Non interficiatis animam eius, nec effundatis sanguinem: sed proiicite eum in cisternam hanc, quae est in solitudine, manusque vestras servate innoxias: hoc autem dicebat, volens eripere eum de manibus eorum, et reddere patri suo.
Reuben [See, a son!] 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.
23 Confestim igitur ut pervenit ad fratres suos, nudaverunt eum tunica talari, et polymita:
When Joseph [May he add] came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph [May he add] of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;
24 miseruntque eum in cisternam veterem, quae non habebat aquam.
and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.
25 Et sedentes ut comederent panem, viderunt Ismaelitas viatores venire de Galaad, et camelos eorum portantes aromata, et resinam, et stacten in Aegyptum.
They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites [Pays attention God] was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt [Abode of slavery].
26 Dixit ergo Iudas fratribus suis: Quid nobis prodest si occiderimus fratrem nostrum, et celaverimus sanguinem ipsius?
Judah [Praised] said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
27 Melius est ut venundetur Ismaelitis, et manus nostrae non polluantur: frater enim, et caro nostra est. Acquieverunt fratres sermonibus illius.
Come, and let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites [Pays attention God], and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh.” His brothers sh'ma ·heard obeyed· him.
28 Et praetereuntibus Madianitis negotiatoribus, extrahentes eum de cisterna, vendiderunt eum Ismaelitis, viginti argenteis: qui duxerunt eum in Aegyptum.
Midianites [Descendants of Strife] who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph [May he add] out of the pit, and sold Joseph [May he add] to the Ishmaelites [Pays attention God] for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Joseph [May he add] into Egypt [Abode of slavery].
29 Reversusque Ruben ad cisternam, non invenit puerum:
Reuben [See, a son!] returned to the pit; and saw that Joseph [May he add] was not in the pit; and he tore his clothes.
30 et scissis vestibus pergens ad fratres suos, ait: Puer non comparet, et ego quo ibo?
He teshuvah ·completely returned· to his brothers, and said, “The child is no more; and I, where will I go?”
31 Tulerunt autem tunicam eius, et in sanguinem hoedi, quem occiderant, tinxerunt:
They took Joseph [May he add]’s coat, and killed a male goat, and dipped the coat in the blood.
32 mittentes qui ferrent ad patrem, et dicerent: Hanc invenimus: vide utrum tunica filii tui sit, an non.
They took the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, “We have found this. Examine it, now, whether it is your son’s coat or not.”
33 Quam cum agnovisset pater, ait: Tunica filii mei est, fera pessima comedit eum, bestia devoravit Ioseph.
He recognized it, and said, “It is my son’s coat. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph [May he add] is without doubt torn in pieces.”
34 Scissisque vestibus, indutus est cilicio, lugens filium suum multo tempore.
Jacob [Supplanter] tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
35 Congregatis autem cunctis liberis eius ut lenirent dolorem patris, noluit consolationem accipere, sed ait: Descendam ad filium meum lugens in infernum. Et illo perseverante in fletu, (Sheol h7585)
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 ·Place of the dead· to my son mourning.” His father wept for him. (Sheol h7585)
36 Madianitae vendiderunt Ioseph in Aegypto Phutiphari eunucho Pharaonis magistro militum.
The Midianites [Descendants of Strife] sold him into Egypt [Abode of slavery] to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard.
