Genesis 37
1 habitavit autem Iacob in terra Chanaan in qua peregrinatus est pater suus
Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan.
2 et hae sunt generationes eius Ioseph cum sedecim esset annorum pascebat gregem cum fratribus suis adhuc puer et erat cum filiis Balae et Zelphae uxorum patris sui accusavitque fratres suos apud patrem crimine pessimo
This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.
3 Israhel 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 children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a tunic of many colors.
4 videntes autem fratres eius quod a patre plus cunctis filiis amaretur oderant eum nec poterant ei quicquam pacificum loqui
His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn’t speak peaceably to him.
5 accidit quoque ut visum somnium referret fratribus quae causa maioris odii seminarium fuit
Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.
6 dixitque ad eos audite somnium meum quod vidi
He said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:
7 putabam ligare nos manipulos in agro et quasi consurgere manipulum meum et stare vestrosque manipulos circumstantes adorare manipulum meum
for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf.”
8 responderunt fratres eius numquid rex noster eris aut subiciemur dicioni tuae haec ergo causa somniorum atque sermonum invidiae et odii fomitem ministravit
His brothers asked him, “Will you indeed reign over us? Will you indeed have dominion over us?” They hated him all the 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 yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, “Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.”
10 quod cum patri suo et fratribus rettulisset increpavit eum pater et dixit quid sibi vult hoc somnium quod vidisti num ego et mater tua et fratres adorabimus te super terram
He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to the earth before you?”
11 invidebant igitur ei fratres sui pater vero rem tacitus considerabat
His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.
12 cumque fratres illius in pascendis gregibus patris morarentur in Sychem
His brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
13 dixit ad eum Israhel fratres tui pascunt oves in Sycimis veni mittam te ad eos quo respondente
Israel said to Joseph, “Aren’t your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” He said to him, “Here I am.”
14 praesto sum ait vade et vide si cuncta prospera sint erga fratres tuos et pecora et renuntia mihi quid agatur missus de valle Hebron venit in Sychem
He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again.” So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
15 invenitque eum vir errantem in agro et interrogavit quid quaereret
A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, “What are you looking for?”
16 at ille respondit fratres meos quaero indica mihi ubi pascant greges
He said, “I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding 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 have left here, for I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.
18 qui cum vidissent eum procul antequam accederet ad eos cogitaverunt illum occidere
They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.
19 et mutuo loquebantur ecce somniator venit
They said to one another, “Behold, this dreamer comes.
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, and let’s kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, ‘An evil animal has devoured him.’ We will see what will become of his dreams.”
21 audiens hoc Ruben nitebatur liberare eum de manibus eorum et dicebat
Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, “Let’s not take his life.”
22 non interficiamus animam eius nec effundatis sanguinem sed proicite eum in cisternam hanc quae 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 on him”—that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.
23 confestim igitur ut pervenit ad fratres nudaverunt eum tunica talari et polymita
When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him;
24 miseruntque in cisternam quae non habebat aquam
and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.
25 et sedentes ut comederent panem viderunt viatores Ismahelitas venire de Galaad et camelos eorum portare aromata et resinam et stacten in Aegyptum
They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it 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 conceal his blood?
27 melius est ut vendatur Ismahelitis et manus nostrae non polluantur frater enim et caro nostra est adquieverunt fratres sermonibus eius
Come, and let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh.” His brothers listened to him.
28 et praetereuntibus Madianitis negotiatoribus extrahentes eum de cisterna vendiderunt Ismahelitis viginti argenteis qui duxerunt eum in Aegyptum
Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The merchants brought Joseph into Egypt.
29 reversusque Ruben ad cisternam non invenit puerum
Reuben returned to the pit, and saw that Joseph wasn’t in the pit; and he tore his clothes.
30 et scissis vestibus pergens ad fratres ait puer non conparet et ego quo ibo
He returned to his brothers, and said, “The child is no more; and I, where will I go?”
31 tulerunt autem tunicam eius et in sanguinem hedi quem occiderant tinxerunt
They took Joseph’s tunic, and killed a male goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood.
32 mittentes qui ferrent ad patrem et dicerent hanc invenimus vide utrum tunica filii tui sit an non
They took the tunic of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, “We have found this. Examine it, now, and see if it is your son’s tunic or not.”
33 quam cum agnovisset pater ait tunica filii mei est fera pessima comedit eum bestia devoravit Ioseph
He recognized it, and said, “It is my son’s tunic. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.”
34 scissisque vestibus indutus est cilicio lugens filium multo tempore
Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
35 congregatis autem cunctis liberis eius ut lenirent dolorem patris noluit consolationem recipere et ait descendam ad filium meum lugens in infernum et illo perseverante in fletu (Sheol h7585)
All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” His father wept for him. (Sheol h7585)
36 Madianei vendiderunt Ioseph in Aegypto Putiphar eunucho Pharaonis magistro militiae
The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard.
