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And Jacob dwelt in the land of the sojournings of his father, in the land of Canaan.
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These are the births of Jacob. Joseph, a son of seventeen years, was pasturing the flock with◦ his brothers; and he◦ was a lad with◦ the sons of Bilhah and with◦ the sons of Zilpah his father’s women; and Joseph brought an evil report◦ of them to▵ their father.
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And Israel loved Joseph more··than all his sons, for he◦ was a son of old··age to him; and he made him a tunic of various colors.
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And his brothers saw that their father loved him more··than all his brothers; and they hated him, and were· not ·able to speak to him for peace.
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And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they added yet to hate him.
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And he said to▵ them, Hear, I pray◦, this dream which I have dreamed;
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and behold, we◦ were sheaving◦ sheaves◦ in the midst of the field, and behold, my sheaf◦ arose, and also stood··up, and behold, your sheaves◦ came··around, and bowed· themselves ·down to my sheaf◦.
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And his brothers said to him, Reigning shalt thou reign over us? Or◦ ruling shalt thou rule over◦ us? And they added to hate him still more on··account··of his dreams and on··account··of his words.
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And he dreamed yet another dream, and recounted◦ it to▵ his brothers, and said, Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream, and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed· themselves ·down to me.
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And he recounted◦ it to▵ his father, and to▵ his brothers; and his father rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Coming shall I◦ and thy mother and thy brothers come to bow··down to thee to▫ the earth?
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And his brothers were··envious of him, but his father kept the word.
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And his brothers went to pasture the flock of their father in Shechem.
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And Israel said to▵ Joseph, Do not thy brothers pasture the flock in Shechem? Go, and I will send thee to▵ them. And he said to him, Behold, me.
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And he said to him, Go, I pray◦, see the peace of thy brothers, and the peace of the flock, and return with word. And he sent him out··of the valley of Hebron, and he came to▫ Shechem.
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And a man◦ found him, and behold, he was straying in the field; and the man◦ asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
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And he said, I▵ am seeking my brothers; tell me, I pray◦, where◦ they◦ are pasturing the flock.
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And the man◦ said, They have journeyed from this place, for I heard them saying, Let us go to▫ Dothan. And Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.
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And they saw him from far··off, and before◦ he came··near to▵ them, they plotted against him to put· him ·to··death.
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And they said, a man◦ to▵ his brother, Behold, yonder· comes ·this master of dreams.
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And now, go and let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil wild··animal has devoured him; and we shall see what his dreams will be.
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And Reuben heard, and rescued him from their hand, and said, Let us not smite him, the soul.
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And Reuben said to▵ them, Shed no◦ blood; cast him into▵ this pit that is in the wilderness, but put··forth◦ no◦ hand upon◦ him; so··that he might rescue him out··of their hand, to return him to▵ his father.
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And it was, when▵ Joseph was come to▵ his brothers, and they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of various colors that was on him;
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and they took him, and cast him into the pit; and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
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And they sat··down to eat bread, and they lifted··up their eyes and saw, and behold, a traveling··band of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, and their camels bearing aromas and balm and stacte, going◦ to bring· them ·down to▫ Egypt.
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And Judah said to▵ his brothers, What gain is it if▫ we kill our brother, and cover his blood?
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Go and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon◦ him, for he◦ is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers hearkened to him.
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And there passed··by Midianite men◦ trading, and they* drew and brought· Joseph ·up from the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph to Egypt.
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And Reuben returned to▵ the pit, and behold Joseph was not◦ in the pit, and he rent his garments.
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And he returned to▵ his brothers, and said, The child is not◦; and I◦, whither▵ do I◦ come?
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And they took Joseph’s tunic, and slaughtered a male goat◦ of the goats, and dipped the tunic in the blood;
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and they sent the tunic of various colors, and they brought it to▵ their father, and said, This have· we ·found; recognize, we pray◦ thee, whether it◦ be thy son’s tunic or not.
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And he recognized it, and said, It is the tunic of my son; a bad wild··animal has devoured him; Joseph being··torn is··torn.
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And Jacob rent his raiment, and set sackcloth on◦ his loins, and mourned over his son many days.
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And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him; but he refused to comfort himself, and he said, For I shall go··down to▵ my son, mourning, to the underworld*. And his father wept for him.
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And the Midianites sold him into▵ Egypt* to Potiphar, a chamberlain of Pharaoh, prince of the guards◦.
