Biblical Themes Visualized: Basic English Bible Images for Genesis Chapter 37
Genesis 37:1. Now Jacob was living in the land where his father had made a place for himself, in the land of Canaan.
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Genesis 37:2. These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.
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Genesis 37:3. Now the love which Israel had for Joseph was greater than his love for all his other children, because he got him when he was an old man: and he had a long coat made for him.
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Genesis 37:4. And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.
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Genesis 37:5. Now Joseph had a dream, and he gave his brothers an account of it, which made their hate greater than ever.
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Genesis 37:6. And he said to them, Let me give you the story of my dream.
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Genesis 37:7. We were in the field, getting the grain stems together, and my grain kept upright, and yours came round and went down on the earth before mine.
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Genesis 37:8. And his brothers said to him, Are you to be our king? will you have authority over us? And because of his dream and his words, their hate for him became greater than ever.
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Genesis 37:9. Then he had another dream, and gave his brothers an account of it, saying, I have had another dream: the sun and the moon and eleven stars gave honour to me.
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Genesis 37:10. And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?
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Genesis 37:11. And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.
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Genesis 37:12. Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.
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Genesis 37:13. And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I.
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Genesis 37:14. And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back and give me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
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Genesis 37:15. And a man saw him wandering in the country, and said to him, What are you looking for?
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Genesis 37:16. And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.
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Genesis 37:17. And the man said, They have gone away from here, for they said in my hearing, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after them and came up with them at Dothan.
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Genesis 37:18. But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;
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Genesis 37:19. Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer.
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Genesis 37:20. Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.
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Genesis 37:21. But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.
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Genesis 37:22. Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again.
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Genesis 37:23. So when Joseph came to his brothers, they took off his long coat which he had on;
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Genesis 37:24. And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.
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Genesis 37:25. Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels.
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Genesis 37:26. And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up his blood?
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Genesis 37:27. Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers gave ear to him.
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Genesis 37:28. And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt.
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Genesis 37:29. Now when Reuben came back to the hole, Joseph was not there; and giving signs of grief,
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Genesis 37:30. He went back to his brothers, and said, The child is gone; what am I to do?
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Genesis 37:31. Then they took Joseph's coat, and put on it some of the blood from a young goat which they had put to death,
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Genesis 37:32. And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not?
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Genesis 37:33. And he saw that it was, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has put him to death; without doubt Joseph has come to a cruel end.
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Genesis 37:34. Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.
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Genesis 37:35. And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him.
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Genesis 37:36. And in Egypt the men of Midian gave him for a price to Potiphar, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house.
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