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Genesis

1 And Ja­cob dwelt in the land where­in his fa­ther was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. 2 These are the gen­er­a­tions of Ja­cob. Joseph, being sev­en­teen years old, was feed­ing the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bil­hah, and with the sons of Zil­pah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his fa­ther their evil re­port. 3 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. 4 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. 5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hat­ed him yet the more. 6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: 7 For, be­hold, we were bind­ing sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood up­right; and, be­hold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obei­sance to my sheaf. 8 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. 9 And he dreamed yet an­oth­er dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Be­hold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, be­hold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obei­sance to me. 10 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 our­selves to thee to the earth? 11 And his brethren en­vied him; but his fa­ther ob­served the say­ing. 12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. 13 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. 14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of He­bron, and he came to Shechem. 15 And a cer­tain man found him, and, be­hold, he was wan­der­ing in the field: and the man asked him, say­ing, What seek­est thou? 16 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks. 17 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. 18 And when they saw him afar off, even be­fore he came near unto them, they con­spired against him to slay him. 19 And they said one to an­oth­er, Be­hold, this dream­er cometh. 20 Come now there­fore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath de­voured him: and we shall see what will be­come of his dreams. 21 And Reuben heard it, and he de­liv­ered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him. 22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilder­ness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to de­liv­er him to his fa­ther again. 23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him; 24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was emp­ty, there was no wa­ter in it. 25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lift­ed up their eyes and looked, and, be­hold, a com­pa­ny of Ish­meel­ites came from Gilead with their camels bear­ing spicery and balm and myrrh, go­ing to car­ry it down to Egypt. 26 And Ju­dah said unto his brethren, What prof­it is it if we slay our broth­er, and con­ceal his blood? 27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ish­meel­ites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our broth­er and our flesh. And his brethren were con­tent. 28 Then there passed by Mid­i­an­ites mer­chant­men; and they drew and lift­ed up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ish­meel­ites for twen­ty pieces of sil­ver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt. 29 And Reuben re­turned unto the pit; and, be­hold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes. 30 And he re­turned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whith­er shall I go? 31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; 32 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 be thy son's coat or no. 33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath de­voured him; Joseph is with­out doubt rent in pieces. 34 And Ja­cob rent his clothes, and put sack­cloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. 35 And all his sons and all his daugh­ters rose up to com­fort him; but he re­fused to be com­fort­ed; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourn­ing. Thus his fa­ther wept for him. 36 And the Mid­i­an­ites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an of­fi­cer of Pharaoh's, and cap­tain of the guard.