Génesis 37
1 Y habitó Jacob en la tierra donde peregrinó su padre, en la tierra de Canaán.
Jacob settled down and lived in Canaan as his father had done.
2 Estas fueron las generaciones de Jacob: José, cuando fue de edad de diez y siete años, apacentaba las ovejas con sus hermanos; y era mozo, con los hijos de Bala, y con los hijos de Zelfa, las mujeres de su padre: y José traía la mala fama de ellos a su padre.
This is the story of Jacob and his family. Joseph was seventeen, and helped look after the flock with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph told his father about some of the bad things his brothers were doing.
3 E Israel amaba a José más que a todos sus hijos, porque le había habido en su vejez: e hízole una ropa de diversos colores.
Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him when he was already old. He made a colorful robe with long sleeves for Joseph.
4 Y viendo sus hermanos que su padre le amaba más que a todos sus hermanos, aborrecíanle, y no le podían hablar pacíficamente.
When his brothers noticed that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and had nothing good to say about him.
5 Y soñó José un sueño, y contólo a sus hermanos; y ellos añadieron a aborrecerle más.
Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.
6 Y díjoles: Oíd ahora este sueño que he soñado:
“Listen to this dream I had,” he told them.
7 He aquí que atábamos manojos en medio del campo; y he aquí que mi manojo se levantaba, y estaba derecho: y que vuestros manojos estaban al rededor y se inclinaban al mío.
“We were tying up bundles of grain out in the fields when all of a sudden my bundle stood up, and your bundles came over and bowed down to it.”
8 Y respondiéronle sus hermanos: ¿Has de reinar sobre nosotros? ¿o háste de enseñorear sobre nosotros? Y añadieron a aborrecerle más a causa de sus sueños y de sus palabras.
“Do you really think you're going to be our king?” they asked. “Do you honestly believe you're going to rule over us?” They hated him even more because of his dream and how he described it.
9 Y soñó más otro sueño, y contólo a sus hermanos, diciendo: He aquí que he soñado otro sueño: Y he aquí que el sol y la luna, y once estrellas se inclinaban a mí.
Then he had another dream told his brothers about it. “Listen, I had another dream,” he explained. “The sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down before me.”
10 Y contólo a su padre y a sus hermanos, y su padre le reprendió, y díjole: ¿Qué sueño es este que soñaste? ¿Hemos de venir yo y tu madre, y tus hermanos a inclinarnos a ti a tierra?
He also told his father as well as his brothers, and his father told him off, saying, “What's this dream that you've had? Are we—I and your mother and brothers—really going to come and bow down to the ground before you?”
11 Y sus hermanos le tuvieron envidia; mas su padre miraba el negocio.
Joseph's brothers became jealous of him, but his father puzzled over the meaning of the dream.
12 Y fueron sus hermanos a apacentar las ovejas de su padre en Siquem.
One day Joseph's brothers took their father's flocks to graze near Shechem.
13 Y dijo Israel a José: Tus hermanos apacientan las ovejas en Siquem, ven y enviarte he a ellos. Y él respondió: Heme aquí.
Israel told Joseph, “Your brothers are looking after the sheep near Shechem. Get ready because I want you to go and see them.” “I'll do it,” Joseph replied.
14 Y él le dijo: Vé ahora, mira como están tus hermanos, y como están las ovejas, y tráeme la respuesta. Y envióle del valle de Hebrón, y vino a Siquem.
So he told him, “Off you go and see how your brothers and the flocks are doing, and come back and let me know.” So he sent him off. Joseph set out from the Hebron Valley,
15 Y hallóle un hombre andando él perdido por el campo, y preguntóle aquel hombre, diciendo: ¿Qué buscas?
and arrived in Shechem. A man there found him wandering about in the field, so he asked him, “What are you looking for?”
16 Y él respondió: Busco a mis hermanos: ruégote que me muestres donde pastan.
“I'm looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they're looking after the flock?”
17 Y aquel hombre respondió: Ya se han ido de aquí: y yo les oí decir: Vamos a Dotaín: entonces José fue tras sus hermanos, y hallólos en Dotaín.
“They've already left,” the man replied. “I heard them say, ‘Let's go to Dothan.’” So Joseph followed his brothers and caught up with them at Dothan.
18 Y como ellos le vieron de lejos, antes que llegase cerca de ellos, pensaron contra él para matarle.
But they saw him coming way off in the distance, and before he got to them, they made plans to kill him.
19 Y dijeron el uno al otro: He aquí, viene el soñador.
“Look, here comes the Lord of Dreams!” they said to each other.
20 Ahora pues veníd, y matémosle, y echémosle en una cisterna, y diremos: Alguna mala bestia le tragó: y veremos que serán sus sueños.
“Come on, let's kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We'll say that some wild animal has eaten him. Then we'll see what happens to his dreams!”
21 Y como Rubén oyó esto, escapóle de sus manos, y dijo: No le matemos.
When Reuben heard all this, he tried to save Joseph from them.
22 Y díjoles Rubén: No derrameis sangre: echádle en esta cisterna, que está en el desierto; y no metáis mano en él: por escaparle de sus manos, para hacerlo volver a su padre.
“Let's not attack and kill him,” he suggested. “Don't murder him, just throw him into this pit here in the desert. You don't need to be guilty of violence.” Reuben said this so that he could come back later and rescue Joseph from them and take him home to his father.
23 Y fue, que como José llegó a sus hermanos, ellos hicieron desnudar a José su ropa, la ropa de colores que tenía sobre sí,
So when Joseph arrived, his brothers ripped off his robe—the colorful long-sleeved robe he was wearing—
24 Y tomáronle, y echáronle en la cisterna, y la cisterna estaba vacía, que no había agua en ella.
grabbed him and threw him into a pit. (The pit was empty—it didn't have any water in it.)
25 Y asentáronse a comer pan: y alzando los ojos miraron, y, he aquí, una compañía de Ismaelitas, que venía de Galaad, y sus camellos traían especias y cera y almáciga, e iban para llevar a Egipto.
They were just sitting down to have a meal when they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying aromatic spices, balm, and myrrh to take to Egypt.
26 Entonces Judá dijo a sus hermanos: ¿Qué provecho que matemos a nuestro hermano, y encubramos su sangre?
“What's the point of killing our brother?” Judah asked his brothers. “Then we'd have to cover up his death!
27 Andád, y vendámosle a los Ismaelitas, y no sea nuestra mano sobre él, que nuestro hermano nuestra carne es. Y sus hermanos acordaron con él.
Instead, why don't we sell him to these Ishmaelites? We don't have to kill him. After all he's our brother, our own flesh and blood.” His brothers agreed.
28 Y como pasaron los Madianitas mercaderes, ellos sacaron a José de la cisterna, y trajéronle arriba, y vendiéronle a los Ismaelitas por veinte pesos de plata: y llevaron a José a Egipto.
So when the Ishmaelites (who were traders from Midian) came by, they pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him to them for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites took him to Egypt.
29 Y Rubén volvió a la cisterna, y, he aquí José no estaba dentro; y rompió sus vestidos.
When Reuben came back later and looked into the pit, Joseph was gone. He tore his clothes in grief.
30 Y tornó a sus hermanos, y dijo: El mozo no parece, y yo ¿adónde iré yo?
He returned to his brothers. “The boy's gone!” he moaned. “What am I going to do now?”
31 Entonces ellos tomaron la ropa de José, y degollaron un cabrito de las cabras, y tiñeron la ropa con la sangre.
They slaughtered a goat and dipped Joseph's robe in the blood.
32 Y enviaron la ropa de colores, y trajéronla a su padre, y dijeron: Esta hemos hallado: conoce ahora si es la ropa de tu hijo, o no.
Then they sent the colorful robe to their father with the message, “We found this. Please examine it and see if it's your son's robe or not.”
33 Y él la conoció, y dijo: La ropa de mi hijo es; alguna mala bestia le tragó: despedazado ha sido José.
His father recognized it right away and said, “This is my son's robe! Some wild animal must have eaten him. Poor Joseph has been ripped to pieces, no doubt about it!”
34 Entonces Jacob rompió sus vestidos, y puso saco sobre sus lomos, y enlutóse por su hijo muchos días.
Jacob tore his clothes in grief and dressed in sackcloth. He mourned the death of his son for a long time.
35 Y levantáronse todos sus hijos y todas sus hijas para consolarle; mas él no quiso tomar consolación, y dijo: Porque tengo de descender a mi hijo enlutado hasta la sepultura. Y lloróle su padre. (Sheol h7585)
All his sons and daughters tried to console him, but he rejected their attempts. “No,” he said, “I will go down into my grave mourning for my son.” So Joseph's father went on weeping for him. (Sheol h7585)
36 Y los Madianitas le vendieron en Egipto a Potifar, eunuco de Faraón, capitán de los de la guardia.
In the meantime the Ishmaelites had arrived in Egypt and had sold Joseph to Potiphar. Potiphar was one of Pharaoh's officers, the captain of the guard.
