Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
Jacob dwelleth
in the land of
his father's
sojournings
--
in
the land of Canaan.
Now
Jacob lived
in the land where
his father
had
resided,
the land of Canaan.
These
`are'
births
of Jacob :
Joseph ,
a
son
of
seventeen years, hath
been
enjoying
himself
with
his
brethren
among
the flock ,
(and
he
`is'
a
youth,)
with the
sons
of
Bilhah
, and
with
the sons of Zilpah,
his father's
wives, and Joseph
bringeth
in
an
account
of
their
evil
unto
their father.
This
is
the
account
of Jacob .
When
Joseph was
seventeen years old
, he
was
tending
the flock with his
brothers
, the sons of his father’s
wives Bilhah
and
Zilpah
, and he
brought
their father a
bad
report
about
them
.
And
Israel hath
loved Joseph more than any
of
his sons, for
he
`is'
a
son
of
his old age ,
and
hath
made for
him a long
coat;
Now
Israel loved Joseph more than his other
sons, because
Joseph
had
been
born
to
him
in
his old age ;
so
he
made him a robe
of
many
colors.
and
his
brethren
see
that their father hath
loved him more than any of his
brethren
, and
they hate
him ,
and have
not been
able
to
speak `
to '
him peaceably
.
When
Joseph’s
brothers
saw
that their father loved him more than any of them
, they hated
him and could
not speak a
kind
word
to him.
And
Joseph dreameth
a dream, and declareth
to his brethren
, and
they add
still
more
to
hate
him.
Then
Joseph had
a dream, and when
he
told
it
to his brothers
, they hated
him even
more
.
And
he saith
unto
them, `Hear
ye,
I
pray
you,
this dream which
I have
dreamed
:
He said
to
them, “Listen
to
this dream I had
:
that,
lo,
we are
binding bundles
in
the
midst
of the field, and lo,
my bundle
hath
arisen,
and hath
also
stood up,
and
lo
, your bundles
are
round
about,
and bow
themselves
to my
bundle
. '
We were
binding sheaves
of grain
in
the field, and suddenly
my sheaf
rose
and stood upright
, while
your sheaves
gathered
around
and bowed
down
to mine
. ”
And
his
brethren
say
to him,
`Dost
thou
certainly
reign over us? dost
thou
certainly
rule over
us? '
and
they add
still
more
to
hate
him ,
for
his dreams,
and for
his words
.
“Do
you
intend
to reign over us? ”
his
brothers
asked.
“Will
you
actually
rule us? ”
So
they hated
him even
more
because
of
his dream
and his statements
.
And
he
dreameth
yet
another dream ,
and recounteth
it to his brethren,
and
saith
, `Lo
, I have
dreamed
a
dream again
, and lo,
the sun and the
moon ,
and eleven stars ,
are
bowing themselves
to me. '
Then
Joseph
had
another dream and told
it to his brothers.
“Look
, ”
he
said
, “
I had
another
dream, and this
time
the sun and moon and eleven stars were
bowing down
to me. ”
And
he recounteth
unto
his father ,
and unto
his
brethren;
and
his father pusheth
against
him ,
and saith
to
him
, `
What `
is '
this dream which
thou
hast
dreamt
? do
we
certainly
come
--
I,
and
thy
mother ,
and thy
brethren
--
to
bow ourselves
to
thee,
to the earth
? '
He told
his father and brothers,
but
his father rebuked
him and said
, “
What is this dream that
you
have
had
? Will
your
mother and brothers
and
I
actually
come
and
bow down
to the ground
before
you
? ”
and his brethren
are
zealous
against
him, and
his father hath
watched
the
matter
.
And his brothers
were
jealous
of
him, but
his father kept
in
mind
what
he
had
said
.
And
his
brethren
go
to feed
the
flock
of
their father
in
Shechem ,
Some
time
later,
Joseph’s
brothers
had
gone
to pasture
their father’s
flocks
near
Shechem .
and
Israel saith
unto
Joseph
, `
Are not thy
brethren
feeding
in
Shechem? come,
and
I
send
thee
unto
them
; '
and
he
saith
to
him,
`Here
`
am '
I ;'
Israel said
to
him
, “
Are not your
brothers
pasturing
the
flocks
at
Shechem? Get
ready
; I
am sending
you
to
them.”
“
I am
ready,”
Joseph
replied.
and
he
saith
to
him, `
Go ,
I
pray
thee,
see the
peace
of
thy
brethren,
and the peace
of
the
flock
, and bring me
back
word ;'
and
he sendeth
him from the valley of Hebron ,
and he
cometh
to
Shechem .
Then
Israel
told
him, “
Go now
and
see how
your
brothers
and the flocks
are
faring
, and bring word back
to
me.”
So
he sent
him off
from the Valley of Hebron .
And when
Joseph
arrived
in
Shechem ,
And
a man findeth
him ,
and
lo,
he
is
wandering in the field ,
and the
man
asketh
him,
saying
, `
What seekest
thou
? '
a man found
him wandering in the field and asked
, “
What are
you
looking
for
? ”
and
he
saith,
`My
brethren
I am seeking
, declare
to
me ,
I
pray
thee,
where they are feeding
? '
“
I am looking
for
my
brothers
, ”
Joseph
replied.
“Can
you
please
tell
me where they are pasturing
their
flocks
? ”
And
the
man
saith,
`
They have journeyed
from this
, for
I have
heard some
saying
, Let us go to Dothan ,'
and
Joseph goeth
after his brethren,
and findeth
them in
Dothan.
“
They have moved
on
from here
, ”
the
man
answered.
“
I heard them
say
, ‘
Let us go to Dothan .’”
So
Joseph set
out
after his brothers
and found
them at
Dothan.
And
they
see
him from
afar
, even
before he draweth
near
unto
them
, and
they conspire
against
him
to put
him to
death
.
Now
Joseph’s
brothers
saw
him in
the
distance
, and
before he arrived
, they plotted
to kill
him.
And
they say
one unto
another ,
`Lo,
this
man
of
the
dreams
cometh;
“Here
comes
that
dreamer!”
they said
to
one another .
and
now,
come, and
we
slay
him ,
and cast
him into one of the pits ,
and
have
said,
An
evil
beast
hath
devoured him ;
and
we see what his dreams are.'
“
Come now
, let
us
kill
him and throw
him into one of the pits .
We
can
say
that
a
vicious
animal
has
devoured him .
Then
we shall
see what becomes
of
his dreams !”
And
Reuben heareth
, and
delivereth
him
out
of
their hand,
and
saith,
`
Let us not smite
the
life ;'
When
Reuben heard
this
, he
tried
to
rescue
Joseph
from
their hands.
“
Let us not take
his
life ,”
he
said.
and
Reuben
saith
unto
them,
`
Shed no
blood ;
cast
him into this pit which
`is'
in the wilderness, and
put
not forth
a hand upon
him,'
--
in
order
to
deliver
him out
of
their hand,
to
bring
him back
unto
his father.
“Do
not
shed his
blood .
Throw
him into this pit in the wilderness, but
do
not lay
a hand on
him .”
Reuben
said
this
so
that
he
could
rescue
Joseph
from
their hands
and
return
him to
his father.
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
when Joseph hath
come
unto
his brethren
, that
they strip
Joseph
of his coat,
the long
coat
which
`is'
upon
him,
So
when Joseph came
to
his brothers
, they stripped
him
of his robe—
the robe
of
many
colors
he
was
wearing—
and take
him and cast
him into the pit ,
and
the pit `is'
empty, there
is
no water in it.
and they
took
him and threw
him into the pit .
Now
the pit was
empty, with
no water in it.
And they sit
down to eat bread
, and
they lift
up their
eyes,
and look,
and
lo,
a company
of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead ,
and
their camels bearing
spices, and
balm, and myrrh ,
going
to
take
`them'
down to Egypt.
And as
they sat
down to eat a
meal
, they looked
up and saw
a caravan
of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead .
Their camels were
carrying
spices, balm, and myrrh on
their
way
down to Egypt.
And
Judah saith
unto
his brethren
, `
What gain when
we slay
our brother ,
and have
concealed
his blood?
Then
Judah said
to
his brothers
, “
What profit
will
we
gain if
we kill
our brother and cover
up
his blood?
Come, and
we
sell him to the Ishmaelites ,
and our
hands
are
not on him ,
for he `
is '
our brother --
our flesh ;'
and his
brethren
hearken
.
Come, let
us
sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay
a
hand
on him ;
for he is our brother ,
our own
flesh .”
And they
agreed
.
And
Midianite merchantmen
pass
by and
they
draw
out
and
bring
up
Joseph out of the pit ,
and sell
Joseph
to the Ishmaelites for
twenty
silverlings
, and
they
bring
Joseph
into
Egypt.
So
when
the
Midianite traders
passed
by ,
his
brothers
pulled
Joseph out of the pit and sold
him
for
twenty
shekels
of
silver
to the Ishmaelites, who
took
him
to
Egypt.
And
Reuben returneth
unto
the pit ,
and lo,
Joseph is
not in
the
pit
, and
he rendeth
his garments
,
When
Reuben returned
to
the pit and saw
that
Joseph was
not there
, he tore
his clothes
,
and
he
returneth
unto
his brethren
, and saith
, `
The lad
is not,
and
I
--
whither
am I going? '
returned
to
his brothers
, and said
, “
The boy
is gone!
What
am I going to
do
? ”
And
they take
the
coat
of
Joseph
, and
slaughter
a kid
of
the
goats
, and dip
the coat
in the
blood ,
Then
they took
Joseph’s
robe
, slaughtered
a young
goat
, and dipped
the robe
in its
blood .
and
send
the
long
coat,
and
they bring
`it'
in
unto
their father ,
and say
, `This
have
we found ;
discern,
we
pray
thee,
whether it `
is '
thy
son's
coat
or not ?'
They sent
the
robe
of
many
colors
to
their father and said
, “
We found this.
Examine
it
to
see
whether it is your
son’s
robe
or not .”
And
he
discerneth
it ,
and saith
, `
My son's
coat
! an
evil
beast
hath
devoured him ;
torn
--
torn
is
Joseph! '
His
father
recognized
it and said
, “It
is
my son’s
robe
! A
vicious
animal
has
devoured him .
Joseph has
surely
been
torn
to
pieces
! ”
And
Jacob rendeth
his raiment
, and
putteth
sackcloth on
his loins
, and becometh
a
mourner
for his son many days ,
Then
Jacob tore
his clothes
, put
sackcloth around
his waist
, and mourned
for his son many days .
and
all his sons and all
his
daughters rise
to comfort him, and
he refuseth
to comfort
himself,
and
saith
, `For
--
I go down mourning unto
my son ,
to
Sheol,'
and
his father weepeth
for him.
All his sons and daughters tried
to comfort him, but
he refused
to be
comforted.
“No
, ”
he
said.
“
I will
go down to
Sheol
mourning for
my son .”
So
his father wept
for him.
And
the Medanites
have
sold him
unto
Egypt ,
to Potiphar, a
eunuch
of Pharaoh ,
head
of the executioners
.
Meanwhile,
the Midianites
sold Joseph
in
Egypt to Potiphar, an
officer
of Pharaoh and
captain
of the guard
.
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