GENESIS Chapter 37
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37:1 Jacob
continued to live in the land of Canaan, where his father had lived, |
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37:2 and this is
the story of Jacob's family. Joseph, a young man of seventeen, took care of
the sheep and goats with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah
and Zilpah, his father's concubines. He brought bad
reports to his father about what his brothers were doing. |
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37:3 Jacob loved
Joseph more than all his other sons, because he had been born to him when he
was old. He made a long robe with full sleeves for him. |
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37:4 When his
brothers saw that their father loved Joseph more than he loved them, they
hated their brother so much that they would not speak to him in a friendly
manner. |
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37:5 One time
Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him
even more. |
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37:6 He said,
"Listen to the dream I had. |
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37:7 We were all in
the field tying up sheaves of wheat, when my sheaf got up and stood up
straight. Yours formed a circle around mine and bowed down to it." |
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37:8 "Do you
think you are going to be a king and rule over us?" his brothers asked.
So they hated him even more because of his dreams and because of what he said
about them. |
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37:9 Then Joseph
had another dream and told his brothers, "I had another dream, in which
I saw the sun, the moon, and eleven stars bowing down to me." |
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37:10 He also told
the dream to his father, and his father scolded him:
"What kind of a dream is that? Do you think that your mother, your
brothers, and I are going to come and bow down to you?" |
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37:11 Joseph's
brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept thinking about the whole
matter. |
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37:12 One day when
Joseph's brothers had gone to Shechem to take care
of their father's flock, |
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37:13 Jacob said to
Joseph, "I want you to go to Shechem, where
your brothers are taking care of the flock." Joseph answered, "I am
ready." |
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37:14 His father
told him, "Go and see if your brothers are safe and if the flock is all
right; then come back and tell me." So his father sent him on his way
from Hebron Valley. Joseph arrived at Shechem |
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37:15 and was
wandering around in the country when a man saw him and asked him, "What
are you looking for?" |
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37:16 "I am
looking for my brothers, who are taking care of their flock," he
answered. "Can you tell me where they are?" |
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37:17 The man said,
"They have already left. I heard them say that they were going to
Dothan." So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan. |
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37:18 They saw him
in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted against him and
decided to kill him. |
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37:19 They said to
one another, "Here comes that dreamer. |
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37:20 Come on now,
let's kill him and throw his body into one of the dry wells. We can say that
a wild animal killed him. Then we will see what becomes of his dreams." |
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37:21 Reuben heard them
and tried to save Joseph. "Let's not kill him," he said. |
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37:22 "Just
throw him into this well in the wilderness, but don't hurt him." He said
this, planning to save him from them and send him back to his father. |
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37:23 When Joseph
came up to his brothers, they ripped off his long robe with full sleeves. |
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37:24 Then they took
him and threw him into the well, which was dry. |
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37:25 While they
were eating, they suddenly saw a group of Ishmaelites
traveling from Gilead to Egypt. Their camels were loaded with spices and
resins. |
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37:26 Judah said to
his brothers, "What will we gain by killing our brother and covering up
the murder? |
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37:27 Let's sell him to these Ishmaelites.
Then we won't have to hurt him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh
and blood." His brothers agreed, |
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37:28 and when some Midianite traders came by, the brothers pulled Joseph out
of the well and sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt. |
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37:29
When Reuben
came back to the well and found that Joseph was not there, he tore his
clothes in sorrow. |
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37:30 He returned to
his brothers and said, "The boy is not there! What am I going to
do?" |
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37:31 Then they
killed a goat and dipped Joseph's robe in its blood. |
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37:32 They took the
robe to their father and said, "We found this. Does it belong to your
son?" |
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37:33 He recognized
it and said, "Yes, it is his! Some wild animal has killed him. My son
Joseph has been torn to pieces!" |
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37:34 Jacob tore his
clothes in sorrow and put on sackcloth. He mourned for his son a long time. |
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37:35 All his sons
and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said,
"I will go down to the world of the dead still mourning for my
son." So he continued to mourn for his son Joseph. |
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37:36 Meanwhile, in
Egypt the Midianites had sold Joseph to Potiphar,
one of the king's officers, who was the captain of the palace guard. |
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