Genesis 37

Genesis Chapter 37 KJV

1The history of Joseph, who is hated of his brethren. 5His first dream. 9His second dream. 12Jacob sendeth him to visit his brethren. 18They conspire his death, but Reuben saveth him. 23He is cast into a pit, and afterwards taken out, and sold to the Ishmeelites. 29Reuben, not finding him in the pit, is sorely grieved. 31Jacob deceived by the bloody coat mourneth for him. 36He is sold to Potiphar in Egypt.
1 And Jacob dwelt in the land awherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
2 These are 1the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being 2seventeen 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 3wives: and Joseph brought unto his father 4their evil report.
3 Now Israel 1loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the 2son of his old age: and he made him a 3coat of many acolours.
4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, 1they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
5 ¶ And Joseph 1dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they 2hated 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 1sheaves stood round about, and 2made obeisance to my sheaf.
8 And his brethren said to him, 1Shalt 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 1dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; 2and, 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 1thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
11 And his brethren 1envied him; but his father 2observed the saying.
12 ¶ And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in 1Shechem.
13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And 1he said to him, Here am I.
14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, asee 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 1Hebron, 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 1Dothan. 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, 1they conspired against him to slay him.
19 And they said one to another, Behold, this adreamer cometh.
20 1Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, 2Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
21 And 1Reuben 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; 1that 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 1stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many acolours that was on him;
24 And they took him, and cast him 1into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
25 And they 1sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of 2Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and 3balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
26 And Judah said unto his brethren, 1What profit is it if we slay our brother, and 2conceal his blood?
27 Come, and let us 1sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and 2our flesh. And his brethren awere content.
28 Then there passed by 1Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, 2and 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 1rent his clothes.
30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child 1is not; and I, whither shall I go?
31 And 1they 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 1evil 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 1daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For 2I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
36 And the 1Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an aofficer of Pharaoh's, and bcaptain of the guard.
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