Book 01 : TORAH - BERESHIT (GENESIS) - Chapter 037
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And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojournings, in
the land of Canaan
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These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen
years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren, being still a lad even with
the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph
brought evil report of them unto their father
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Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because
he was the son of his old age; and he made him a coat of many colours
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And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more
than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
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And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren;
and they hated him yet the more
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And he said unto them: 'Hear, I pray you, this dream which
I have dreamed
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for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo,
my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves came round
about, and bowed down to my sheaf.
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And his brethren said to him: 'Shalt thou indeed reign over
us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us?' And they hated him yet the more
for his dreams, and for his words
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And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his
brethren, and said: 'Behold, I have dreamed yet a dream: and, behold, the sun
and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.
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And he told it to his father, and to his brethren; and his
father rebuked him, and said unto him: 'What is this dream that thou hast
dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down to thee
to the earth?
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And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the
saying in mind.
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And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in
Shechem
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And Israel said unto Joseph: 'Do not thy brethren feed the
flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them.' And he said to him:
'Here am I.
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And he said to him: 'Go now, see whether it is well with
thy brethren, and well with the flock; and bring me back word.' So he sent him
out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem
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And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering
in the field. And the man asked him, saying: 'What seekest thou?
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And he said: 'I seek my brethren. Tell me, I pray thee,
where they are feeding the flock.
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And the man said: 'They are departed hence; for I heard
them say: Let us go to Dothan.' And Joseph went after his brethren, and found
them in Dothan
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And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto
them, they conspired against him to slay him
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And they said one to another: 'Behold, this dreamer
cometh
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Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into
one of the pits, and we will say: An evil beast hath devoured him; and we shall
see what will become of his dreams.
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And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand;
and said: 'Let us not take his life.
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And Reuben said unto them: 'Shed no blood; cast him into
this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him' --that he might
deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.
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And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his
brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colours that
was on him
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and they took him, and cast him into the pit--and the pit
was empty, there was no water in it
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And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their
eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with
their camels bearing spicery and balm and ladanum, going to carry it down to
Egypt
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And Judah said unto his brethren: 'What profit is it if we
slay our brother and conceal his blood
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Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not
our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh.' And his brethren
hearkened unto him
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And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew
and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for
twenty shekels of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt
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And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was
not in the pit; and he rent his clothes
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And he returned unto his brethren, and said: 'The child is
not; and as for me, whither shall I go?'
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And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a he-goat, and
dipped the coat in the blood
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and they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought
it to their father; and said: 'This have we found. Know now whether it is thy
son's coat or not.
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And he knew it, and said: 'It is my son's coat; an evil
beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.
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And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his
loins, and mourned for his son many days
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And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort
him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said: 'Nay, but I will go down to
the grave to my son mourning.' And his father wept for him
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And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an
officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard
Book 01 : TORAH - BERESHIT (GENESIS) - Chapter 037
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