Genesis 37
1 Habitavit autem Iacob in terra Chanaan, in qua pater suus peregrinatus est.
Jacob lived in the land where his father was staying, in the land of Canaan.
2 Et hæ sunt generationes eius: Ioseph cum sedecim esset annorum, pascebat gregem cum fratribus suis adhuc puer: et erat cum filiis Balæ et Zelphæ uxorum patris sui: accusavitque fratres suos apud patrem crimine pessimo.
These were the events concerning Jacob. Joseph, who was a young man seventeen years old, was guarding the flock with his brothers. He was with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought an unfavorable report about them to their father.
3 Israel autem diligebat Ioseph super omnes filios suos, eo quod in senectute genuisset eum: fecitque ei tunicam polymitam.
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was the son of his old age. He made him a beautiful garment.
4 Videntes autem fratres eius quod a patre plus cunctis filiis amaretur, oderant eum, nec poterant ei quidquam pacifice loqui.
His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers. They hated him and would not speak kindly to him.
5 Accidit quoque ut visum somnium referret fratribus suis: quæ causa maioris odii seminarium fuit.
Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told his brothers about it. They hated him even more.
6 Dixitque ad eos: Audite somnium meum quod vidi:
He said to them, “Please listen to this dream which I dreamed.
7 Putabam nos ligare manipulos in agro: et quasi consurgere manipulum meum, et stare, vestrosque manipulos circumstantes adorare manipulum meum.
Behold, we were tying bundles of grain in the field and behold, my bundle rose and stood upright, and behold, your bundles came around and bowed down to my bundle.”
8 Responderunt fratres eius: Numquid rex noster eris? aut subiiciemur ditioni tuæ? Hæc ergo causa somniorum atque sermonum, invidiæ et odii fomitem ministravit.
His brothers said to him, “Will you really reign over us? Will you actually rule over us?” They hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.
9 Aliud quoque vidit somnium, quod narrans fratribus, ait: Vidi per somnium, quasi solem, et lunam, et stellas undecim adorare me.
He dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers. He said, “Look, I have dreamed another dream: The sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.”
10 Quod cum patri suo, et fratribus retulisset, increpavit eum pater suus, et dixit: Quid sibi vult hoc somnium quod vidisti? num ego et mater tua, et fratres tui adorabimus te super terram?
He told it to his father just as to his brothers, and his father rebuked him. He said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come to bow down to the ground to you?”
11 Invidebant ei igitur fratres sui: pater vero rem tacitus considerabat.
His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
12 Cumque fratres illius in pascendis gregibus patris morarentur in Sichem,
His brothers went to tend their father's flock in Shechem.
13 dixit ad eum Israel: Fratres tui pascunt oves in Sichimis: veni, mittam te ad eos. Quo respondente,
Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers tending the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” Joseph said to him, “I am ready.”
14 Præsto sum, ait ei: Vade, et vide si cuncta prospera sint erga fratres tuos, et pecora: et renuncia mihi quid agatur. Missus de Valle Hebron, venit in Sichem:
He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers and well with the flock, and bring me word.” So Jacob sent him out of the Valley of Hebron, and Joseph went to Shechem.
15 invenitque eum vir errantem in agro, et interrogavit quid quæreret.
A certain man found Joseph. Behold, Joseph was wandering in a field. The man asked him, “What do you seek?”
16 At ille respondit: Fratres meos quæro, indica mihi ubi pascant greges.
Joseph said, “I am seeking my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are tending the flock.”
17 Dixitque ei vir: Recesserunt de loco isto: audivi autem eos dicentes: Eamus in Dothain. Perrexit ergo Ioseph post fratres suos, et invenit eos in Dothain.
The man said, “They left this place, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'” Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
18 Qui cum vidissent eum procul, antequam accederet ad eos, cogitaverunt illum occidere:
They saw him from a distance, and before he came near to them, they plotted against him to kill him.
19 et mutuo loquebantur: Ecce somniator venit:
His brothers said to one another, “Look, this dreamer is approaching.
20 venite, occidamus eum, et mittamus in cisternam veterem: dicemusque: Fera pessima devoravit eum: et tunc apparebit quid illi prosint somnia sua.
Come now, therefore, let us kill him and cast him into one of the pits. We will say, 'A wild animal has devoured him.' We will see what will become of his dreams.”
21 Audiens autem hoc Ruben, nitebatur liberare eum de manibus eorum, et dicebat:
Reuben heard it and rescued him from their hand. He said, “Let us not take his life.”
22 Non interficiatis animam eius, nec effundatis sanguinem: sed proiicite eum in cisternam hanc, quæ est in solitudine, manusque vestras servate innoxias: hoc autem dicebat, volens eripere eum de manibus eorum, et reddere patri suo.
Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him”—that he might rescue him out of their hand to bring him back to his father.
23 Confestim igitur ut pervenit ad fratres suos, nudaverunt eum tunica talari, et polymita:
It came about that when Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his beautiful garment.
24 miseruntque eum in cisternam veterem, quæ non habebat aquam.
They took him and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty with no water in it.
25 Et sedentes ut comederent panem, viderunt Ismaelitas viatores venire de Galaad, et camelos eorum portantes aromata, et resinam, et stacten in Ægyptum.
They sat down to eat bread. They lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh. They were traveling to carry them down to Egypt.
26 Dixit ergo Iudas fratribus suis: Quid nobis prodest si occiderimus fratrem nostrum, et celaverimus sanguinem ipsius?
Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
27 Melius est ut venundetur Ismaelitis, et manus nostræ non polluantur: frater enim, et caro nostra est. Acquieverunt fratres sermonibus illius.
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands upon him. For he is our brother, our flesh.” His brothers listened to him.
28 Et prætereuntibus Madianitis negotiatoribus, extrahentes eum de cisterna, vendiderunt eum Ismaelitis, viginti argenteis: qui duxerunt eum in Ægyptum.
The Midianite merchants passed by. His brothers drew Joseph up and lifted him up out of the pit. They sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites carried Joseph into Egypt.
29 Reversusque Ruben ad cisternam, non invenit puerum:
Reuben returned to the pit, and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit. He tore his clothes.
30 et scissis vestibus pergens ad fratres suos, ait: Puer non comparet, et ego quo ibo?
He returned to his brothers and said, “The boy is not there! And I, where can I go?”
31 Tulerunt autem tunicam eius, et in sanguine hœdi, quem occiderant, tinxerunt:
They slaughtered a goat and then took Joseph's garment and dipped it into the blood.
32 mittentes qui ferrent ad patrem, et dicerent: Hanc invenimus: vide utrum tunica filii tui sit, an non.
Then they brought it to their father and said, “We found this. Please see whether it is your son's clothing or not.”
33 Quam cum agnovisset pater, ait: Tunica filii mei est, fera pessima comedit eum, bestia devoravit Ioseph.
Jacob recognized it and said, “It is my son's clothing. A wild animal has devoured him. Joseph has certainly been torn to pieces.”
34 Scissisque vestibus, indutus est cilicio, lugens filium suum multo tempore.
Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth upon his loins. He mourned for his son many days.
35 Congregatis autem cunctis liberis eius ut lenirent dolorem patris, noluit consolationem accipere, sed ait: Descendam ad filium meum lugens in infernum. Et illo perseverante in fletu, (Sheol h7585)
All his sons and daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “Indeed I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” His father wept for him. (Sheol h7585)
36 Madianitæ vendiderunt Ioseph in Ægypto Putiphari eunucho Pharaonis magistro militum.
The Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard.
