KJV_Strong : Genesis 37
1. And Jacob[H3290] dwelt[H3427] in the land[H776] wherein his father[H1] was a stranger,[H4033] in the land[H776] of Canaan.[H3667]
2. These[H428] are the generations[H8435] of Jacob.[H3290] Joseph,[H3130] being seventeen[H7651] [H6240] years[H8141] old,[H1121] was[H1961] feeding[H7462] the flock[H6629] with[H854] his brethren;[H251] and the lad[H5288] was with[H854] the sons[H1121] of Bilhah,[H1090] and with[H854] the sons[H1121] of Zilpah,[H2153] his father's[H1] wives:[H802] and Joseph[H3130] brought[H935] unto[H413] his father[H1] their[H853] evil[H7451] report.[H1681]
3. Now Israel[H3478] loved[H157] [H853] Joseph[H3130] more than all[H4480] [H3605] his children,[H1121] because[H3588] he[H1931] was the son[H1121] of his old age:[H2208] and he made[H6213] him a coat[H3801] of many colors.[H6446]
4. And when his brethren[H251] saw[H7200] that[H3588] their father[H1] loved[H157] him more than all[H4480] [H3605] his brethren,[H251] they hated[H8130] him, and could[H3201] not[H3808] speak[H1696] peaceably[H7965] unto him.
5. And Joseph[H3130] dreamed[H2492] a dream,[H2472] and he told[H5046] it his brethren:[H251] and they hated[H8130] him yet[H5750] the more.[H3254]
6. And he said[H559] unto[H413] them, Hear,[H8085] I pray you,[H4994] this[H2088] dream[H2472] which[H834] I have dreamed: [H2492]
7. For, behold,[H2009] we[H587] were binding[H481] sheaves[H485] in[H8432] the field,[H7704] and, lo,[H2009] my sheaf[H485] arose,[H6965] and also[H1571] stood upright;[H5324] and, behold,[H2009] your sheaves[H485] stood round about,[H5437] and made obeisance[H7812] to my sheaf.[H485]
8. And his brethren[H251] said[H559] to him, Shalt thou indeed reign[H4427] [H4427] over[H5921] us? or[H518] shalt thou indeed have dominion[H4910] [H4910] over us? And they hated[H8130] him yet[H5750] the more[H3254] for[H5921] his dreams,[H2472] and for[H5921] his words.[H1697]
9. And he dreamed[H2492] yet[H5750] another[H312] dream,[H2472] and told[H5608] it his brethren,[H251] and said,[H559] Behold,[H2009] I have dreamed[H2492] a dream[H2472] more;[H5750] and, behold,[H2009] the sun[H8121] and the moon[H3394] and the eleven[H259] [H6240] stars[H3556] made obeisance[H7812] to me.
10. And he told[H5608] it to[H413] his father,[H1] and to[H413] his brethren:[H251] and his father[H1] rebuked[H1605] him, and said[H559] unto him, What[H4100] is this[H2088] dream[H2472] that[H834] thou hast dreamed?[H2492] Shall I[H589] and thy mother[H517] and thy brethren[H251] indeed come[H935] [H935] to bow down ourselves[H7812] to thee to the earth?[H776]
11. And his brethren[H251] envied[H7065] him; but his father[H1] observed[H8104] [H853] the saying.[H1697]
12. And his brethren[H251] went[H1980] to feed[H7462] [H853] their father's[H1] flock[H6629] in Shechem.[H7927]
13. And Israel[H3478] said[H559] unto[H413] Joseph,[H3130] Do not[H3808] thy brethren[H251] feed[H7462] the flock in Shechem?[H7927] come,[H1980] and I will send[H7971] thee unto[H413] them. And he said[H559] to him, Here[H2009] am I.
14. And he said[H559] to him, Go,[H1980] I pray thee,[H4994] see[H7200] whether[H853] it be well[H7965] with thy brethren,[H251] and well[H7965] with the flocks;[H6629] and bring[H7725] me word[H1697] again. So he sent[H7971] him out of the vale[H4480] [H6010] of Hebron,[H2275] and he came[H935] to Shechem.[H7927]
15. And a certain man[H376] found[H4672] him, and, behold,[H2009] he was wandering[H8582] in the field:[H7704] and the man[H376] asked[H7592] him, saying,[H559] What[H4100] seekest[H1245] thou?
16. And he said,[H559] I[H595] seek[H1245] [H853] my brethren:[H251] tell[H5046] me, I pray thee,[H4994] where[H375] they[H1992] feed[H7462] their flocks.
17. And the man[H376] said,[H559] They are departed[H5265] hence;[H4480] [H2088] for[H3588] I heard[H8085] them say,[H559] Let us go[H1980] to Dothan.[H1886] And Joseph[H3130] went[H1980] after[H310] his brethren,[H251] and found[H4672] them in Dothan.[H1886]
18. And when they saw[H7200] him afar off,[H4480] [H7350] even before[H2962] he came near[H7126] unto[H413] them, they conspired[H5230] against him to slay[H4191] him.
19. And they said[H559] one[H376] to[H413] another,[H251] Behold,[H2009] this[H1976] dreamer[H1167] [H2472] cometh.[H935]
20. Come[H1980] now[H6258] therefore, and let us slay[H2026] him, and cast[H7993] him into some[H259] pit,[H953] and we will say,[H559] Some evil[H7451] beast[H2416] hath devoured[H398] him: and we shall see[H7200] what[H4100] will become[H1961] of his dreams.[H2472]
21. And Reuben[H7205] heard[H8085] it, and he delivered[H5337] him out of their hands;[H4480] [H3027] and said,[H559] Let us not[H3808] kill[H5221] him.
22. And Reuben[H7205] said[H559] unto[H413] them, Shed[H8210] no[H408] blood,[H1818] but cast[H7993] him into[H413] this[H2088] pit[H953] that[H834] is in the wilderness,[H4057] and lay[H7971] no[H408] hand[H3027] upon him; that[H4616] he might rid[H5337] him out of their hands,[H4480] [H3027] to deliver[H7725] him to[H413] his father[H1] again.
23. And it came to pass,[H1961] when[H834] Joseph[H3130] was come[H935] unto[H413] his brethren,[H251] that they stripped[H6584] [H853] Joseph[H3130] out of[H853] his coat,[H3801] his[H853] coat[H3801] of many colors[H6446] that[H834] was on[H5921] him;
24. And they took[H3947] him, and cast[H7993] him into a pit:[H953] and the pit[H953] was empty,[H7386] there was no[H369] water[H4325] in it.
25. And they sat down[H3427] to eat[H398] bread:[H3899] and they lifted up[H5375] their eyes[H5869] and looked,[H7200] and, behold,[H2009] a company[H736] of Ishmaelites[H3459] came[H935] from Gilead[H4480] [H1568] with their camels[H1581] bearing[H5375] spicery[H5219] and balm[H6875] and myrrh,[H3910] going[H1980] to carry it down[H3381] to Egypt.[H4714]
26. And Judah[H3063] said[H559] unto[H413] his brethren,[H251] What[H4100] profit[H1215] is it if[H3588] we slay[H2026] [H853] our brother,[H251] and conceal[H3680] [H853] his blood?[H1818]
27. Come,[H1980] and let us sell[H4376] him to the Ishmaelites,[H3459] and let not[H408] our hand[H3027] be[H1961] upon him; for[H3588] he[H1931] is our brother[H251] and our flesh.[H1320] And his brethren[H251] were content.[H8085]
28. Then there passed by[H5674] Midianites[H376] [H4084] merchantmen;[H5503] and they drew[H4900] and lifted up[H5927] [H853] Joseph[H3130] out of[H4480] the pit,[H953] and sold[H4376] [H853] Joseph[H3130] to the Ishmaelites[H3459] for twenty[H6242] pieces of silver:[H3701] and they brought[H935] [H853] Joseph[H3130] into Egypt.[H4714]
29. And Reuben[H7205] returned[H7725] unto[H413] the pit;[H953] and, behold,[H2009] Joseph[H3130] was not[H369] in the pit;[H953] and he rent[H7167] [H853] his clothes.[H899]
30. And he returned[H7725] unto[H413] his brethren,[H251] and said,[H559] The child[H3206] is not;[H369] and I,[H589] whither[H575] shall I[H589] go?[H935]
31. And they took[H3947] [H853] Joseph's[H3130] coat,[H3801] and killed[H7819] a kid[H8163] of the goats,[H5795] and dipped[H2881] [H853] the coat[H3801] in the blood;[H1818]
32. And they sent[H7971] [H853] the coat[H3801] of many colors,[H6446] and they brought[H935] it to[H413] their father;[H1] and said,[H559] This[H2063] have we found:[H4672] know[H5234] now[H4994] whether it[H1931] be thy son's[H1121] coat[H3801] or[H518] no.[H3808]
33. And he knew[H5234] it, and said,[H559] It is my son's[H1121] coat;[H3801] an evil[H7451] beast[H2416] hath devoured[H398] him; Joseph[H3130] is without doubt rent in pieces.[H2963] [H2963]
34. And Jacob[H3290] rent[H7167] his clothes,[H8071] and put[H7760] sackcloth[H8242] upon his loins,[H4975] and mourned[H56] for[H5921] his son[H1121] many[H7227] days.[H3117]
35. And all[H3605] his sons[H1121] and all[H3605] his daughters[H1323] rose up[H6965] to comfort[H5162] him; but he refused[H3985] to be comforted;[H5162] and he said,[H559] For[H3588] I will go down[H3381] into the grave[H7585] unto[H413] my son[H1121] mourning.[H57] Thus his father[H1] wept[H1058] for him.
36. And the Midianites[H4092] sold[H4376] him into[H413] Egypt[H4714] unto Potiphar,[H6318] an officer[H5631] of Pharaoh's,[H6547] and captain[H8269] of the guard.[H2876]
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