Genesis 37
1 habitavit autem Iacob in terra Chanaan in qua peregrinatus est pater suus
Jacob lived in the land where his father had sojourned, in the land of Canaan.
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
These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, tended the flock with his brothers; he was an assistant to the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought a bad report about them to their father.
3 Israhel autem diligebat Ioseph super omnes filios suos eo quod in senectute genuisset eum fecitque ei tunicam polymitam
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he had been born to him in his old age. And he made a long ornamented robe for him.
4 videntes autem fratres eius quod a patre plus cunctis filiis amaretur oderant eum nec poterant ei quicquam pacificum loqui
His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn't speak a kind word to him.
5 accidit quoque ut visum somnium referret fratribus quae causa maioris odii seminarium fuit
Now Joseph had 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 listen to this dream I had:
7 putabam ligare nos manipulos in agro et quasi consurgere manipulum meum et stare vestrosque manipulos circumstantes adorare manipulum meum
And look, we were binding sheaves in the field, and look, my sheaf arose and also stood upright. And look, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf."
8 responderunt fratres eius numquid rex noster eris aut subiciemur dicioni tuae haec ergo causa somniorum atque sermonum invidiae et odii fomitem ministravit
Then his brothers said to him, "Will you indeed reign over us? Or will you indeed rule over us?" So they hated him all the more for his dreams and for what he said.
9 aliud quoque vidit somnium quod narrans fratribus ait vidi per somnium quasi solem et lunam et stellas undecim adorare me
And he had another dream, and told it to his father and to his brothers, and said, "Look, I had yet another dream, and look, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me."
10 quod cum patri suo et fratribus rettulisset increpavit eum pater et dixit quid sibi vult hoc somnium quod vidisti num ego et mater tua et fratres adorabimus te super terram
When he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him, and said to him, "What is this dream that you had? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come and bow down to the ground in front of you?"
11 invidebant igitur ei fratres sui pater vero rem tacitus considerabat
His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept thinking about the matter.
12 cumque fratres illius in pascendis gregibus patris morarentur in Sychem
Now his brothers went to pasture their father's flock near Shechem.
13 dixit ad eum Israhel fratres tui pascunt oves in Sycimis veni mittam te ad eos quo respondente
And Israel said to Joseph, "Aren't your brothers pasturing the flock near Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them." And he said to him, "I am ready."
14 praesto sum ait vade et vide si cuncta prospera sint erga fratres tuos et pecora et renuntia mihi quid agatur missus de valle Hebron venit in Sychem
So he said to him, "Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers and well with the flock, and report back to me." So he sent him from the Valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
15 invenitque eum vir errantem in agro et interrogavit quid quaereret
And a man found him, and look, he was wandering in the field. And 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 pasturing the flock."
17 dixitque ei vir recesserunt de loco isto audivi autem eos dicentes eamus in Dothain perrexit ergo Ioseph post fratres suos et invenit eos in Dothain
The man said, "They have left here, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.
18 qui cum vidissent eum procul antequam accederet ad eos cogitaverunt illum occidere
Now they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them they plotted against him to kill him.
19 et mutuo loquebantur ecce somniator venit
And they said to one another, "Look, this dreamer is coming.
20 venite occidamus eum et mittamus in cisternam veterem dicemusque fera pessima devoravit eum et tunc apparebit quid illi prosint somnia sua
Come now, and let's kill him and throw him into one of the cisterns, and we will say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we will see what will become of his dreams."
21 audiens hoc Ruben nitebatur liberare eum de manibus eorum et dicebat
But Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hands, and said, "Let's not take his life."
22 non interficiamus animam eius nec effundatis sanguinem sed proicite 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 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 hands, to restore him to his father.
23 confestim igitur ut pervenit ad fratres nudaverunt eum tunica talari et polymita
It happened, when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his robe, the long ornamented robe that he was wearing.
24 miseruntque in cisternam quae non habebat aquam
And they took him and threw him into the cistern. (Now the pit was empty. There was no water in it.)
25 et sedentes ut comederent panem viderunt viatores Ismahelitas venire de Galaad et camelos eorum portare aromata et resinam et stacten in Aegyptum
Then they sat down to eat a meal. And they looked up, and look, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing aromatic gum and balm and myrrh on their way to carry them down to Egypt.
26 dixit ergo Iudas fratribus suis quid nobis prodest si occiderimus fratrem nostrum et celaverimus sanguinem ipsius
Then Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
27 melius est ut vendatur Ismahelitis et manus nostrae non polluantur frater enim et caro nostra est adquieverunt fratres sermonibus eius
Come, and let's sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not lay a hand on him, for he is our brother, our flesh." And his brothers agreed.
28 et praetereuntibus Madianitis negotiatoribus extrahentes eum de cisterna vendiderunt Ismahelitis viginti argenteis qui duxerunt eum in Aegyptum
So the Midianites merchants passed by, and they pulled him up and lifted Joseph out of the cistern, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph to Egypt.
29 reversusque Ruben ad cisternam non invenit puerum
And Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph wasn't in the cistern; and he tore his clothes.
30 et scissis vestibus pergens ad fratres ait puer non conparet et ego quo ibo
He went back to his brothers and said, "The boy is gone. Now, what am I to do?"
31 tulerunt autem tunicam eius et in sanguinem hedi quem occiderant tinxerunt
They took Joseph's robe and killed a male goat and dipped the robe in the blood.
32 mittentes qui ferrent ad patrem et dicerent hanc invenimus vide utrum tunica filii tui sit an non
And they sent the long ornamented robe and they brought it to their father, and said, "We found this. Please examine it to see whether it is your son's robe or not."
33 quam cum agnovisset pater ait tunica filii mei est fera pessima comedit eum bestia devoravit Ioseph
And he recognized it, and said, "It is my son's robe. A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces."
34 scissisque vestibus indutus est cilicio lugens filium multo tempore
Then Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
35 congregatis autem cunctis liberis eius ut lenirent dolorem patris noluit consolationem recipere et 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. And he said, "Indeed, I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning." And his father wept for him. (Sheol h7585)
36 Madianei vendiderunt Ioseph in Aegypto Putiphar eunucho Pharaonis magistro militiae
Now the Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard.
