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1 Trong lúc đó, Giu-đa, lìa xa các anh em mình, đến ở cùng một người A-đu-lam, tên là Hi-ra.

2 Tại đó, Giu-đa thấy con gái của một người Ca-na-an, tên là Su-a, bèn cưới làm vợ, và ăn ở cùng nàng.

3 Nàng thọ thai, sanh được một con trai, đặt tên là Ê-rơ.

4 Nàng thọ thai nữa, sanh được một con trai đặt tên là Ô-nan;

5 lại sanh thêm một con trai, đặt tên là Sê-la. Vả, lúc vợ sanh sản, thì Giu-đa ngụ tại Kê-xíp.

6 Giu-đa cưới cho Ê-rơ, con trưởng nam, một người vợ tên là Ta-ma.

7 Nhưng Ê-rơ độc ác trước mặt Ðức Giê-hô-va, nên Ngài giết người đi.

8 Giu-đa bèn biểu Ô-nan rằng: Con hãy lại gần vợ anh con, kết bạn cùng nàng như em chồng, đặng nối dòng dõi cho anh.

9 Ô-nan biết rằng dòng dõi nầy sẽ chẳng thuộc về mình, nên đương khi đến cùng nàng, thì làm rơi rớt xuống đất, để đừng sanh dòng dõi cho anh.

10 Nhưng điều người làm vậy không đẹp lòng Ðức Giê-hô-va, nên Ngài cũng giết người luôn đi.

11 Ðoạn, Giu-đa biểu Ta-ma, dâu mình, rằng: Hãy về ở góa bên nhà cha con, cho đến chừng nào Sê-la, con trai cha, sẽ trở nên khôn lớn. Vì người nói rằng: Chúng ta hãy coi chừng, e khi nó cũng chết như hai anh nó chăng. Ta-ma bèn đi về ở nhà cha mình.

12 Ngày qua tháng lại, con gái của Su-a, vợ Giu-đa, qua đời. Khi đã nguôi lòng, thì Giu-đa đi cùng bạn là Hi-ra, người A-đu-lam, lên đến nơi mấy thợ hớt lông chiên mình, tại Thim-na.

13 Người ta cho nàng Ta-ma hay điều đó mà rằng: Nầy, ông gia ngươi đi khiến Thim-na đặng hớt lông chiên.

14 Nàng bèn cổi áo góa bụa mình lại, rồi ngồi trước cửa thành Ê-na-im, bên con đường đi về Thim-na; làm vậy là vì nàng đã thấy Sê-la khôn lớn rồi, nhưng họ không gả mình cho chàng làm vợ.

15 Giu-đa thấy nàng, cho là một kỵ nữ, vì nàng che mặt,

16 bèn lại gần mà nói rằng: Hãy cho ta đến cùng nàng; vì cớ ngươi không biết nàng là dâu mình. Nàng đáp rằng: Ngươi sẽ cho tôi món chi đặng đi đến cùng tôi?

17 Ðáp rằng: Ta sẽ gởi cho nàng một con dê con của bầy ta. Nàng hỏi: Người sẽ cho tôi một của chi làm tin, cho đến chừng nào sẽ gởi con dê?

18 Ðáp rằng: Ta sẽ cho nàng của chi làm tin bây giờ? Nàng đáp: Con dầu, dây và cây gậy của người đương cầm nơi tay. Người liền cho, đi lại cùng nàng; nàng thọ thai vì người vậy. Ðoạn, nàng đứng dậy mà đi,

19 cổi lúp ra và mặc quần áo góa bụa lại.

20 Giu-đa cậy bạn A-đu-lam mình đem cho con dê con đặng chuộc mấy vật tin nơi tay người đờn bà nầy; nhưng tìm nàng chẳng thấy.

21 Bạn bèn hỏi dân tại nơi nàng ở rằng: Người kỵ nữ khi trước ở ngoài đường nơi cửa thành Ê-na-im đâu rồi? Họ đáp rằng: Ở đây chẳng có một kỵ nữ nào hết.

22 Bạn bèn trở về Giu-đa mà rằng: Tôi kiếm nàng không đặng; và dân nơi đó có nói: ở đây chẳng có một kỵ nữ nào.

23 Giu-đa rằng: Nầy, tôi đã gởi dê con đến, mà bạn chẳng thấy nàng; vậy, để cho nàng giữ lấy của tin đó, chẳng nên gây điều nhơ nhuốc cho chúng ta.

24 Cách chừng ba tháng sau, người ta có học lại cùng Giu-đa rằng: Ta-ma, dâu ngươi, đã làm kỵ nữ, và vì nông nổi đó, nàng đã hoang-thai. Giu-đa đáp: Hãy đem nó ra thiêu đi.

25 Ðương khi người ta đem nàng ra, thì nàng sai đến nói cùng ông gia rằng: Xin cha hãy nhìn lại con dấu, dâygậy nầy là của ai. Tôi thọ thai do nơi người mà có các vật nầy.

26 Giu-đa nhìn biết mấy món đó, bèn nói rằng: Nàng phải hơn ta, vì ta không đưa Sê-la, con trai ta, cho nàng. Ðoạn, người không ăn ở cùng nàng nữa.

27 Ðến kỳ sanh nở, nầy trong bụng nàng có thai đôi.

28 Ðương lúc sanh nở, một trong hai đứa đưa tay ra trước; bà mụ bắt lấy tay buộc một sợi chỉ điều, và nói rằng: Ðứa nầy ra trước.

29 Nhưng nó rút tay vào, thì đây, anh nó lại ra. Bà mụ nói rằng: Mầy, tông rách dường nầy! Họ đặt tên là Phê-rết.

30 Kế em nó ra sau, là đứa nơi tay có sợi chỉ điều, và họ đặt tên là Sê-rách.

   

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4678. Verses 4-11. And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren; and they hated him, and could not speak for peace unto him. And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren, and they added yet to hate him. And he said unto them, Hear I pray this dream which I have dreamed; and behold we were binding sheaves in the midst of the field, and lo my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and behold your sheaves came round about, and bowed down themselves to my sheaf. And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? Or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they added yet to hate him for his dreams, and for his words. And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said, Behold I have dreamed yet a dream, and behold the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down themselves to me. And he told it to his father, and to his brethren; and his father rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? And his brethren envied him, but his father kept the word. “And his brethren saw,” signifies those things which are of faith, and in the proximate sense the posterity of Jacob; “that their father loved him more than all his brethren,” signifies that it was conjoined with the Divine natural, and in the proximate sense with the ancient church, which is the “father;” “and they hated him, and could not speak for peace unto him,” signifies contempt and aversion; “and Joseph dreamed a dream,” signifies preaching concerning the Divine human; “and he told it to his brethren,” signifies in the presence of those who are of faith separate; “and they added yet to hate him,” signifies still greater contempt and aversion; “and he said unto them, Hear I pray this dream which I have dreamed,” signifies the contents of the preaching; “and behold we were binding sheaves in the midst of the field,” signifies that they were teaching from doctrine; “and lo my sheaf arose, and also stood upright,” signifies what is doctrinal concerning the Lord’s Divine Human; “and behold your sheaves came round about,” signifies those who were in faith; “and bowed down themselves to my sheaf,” signifies adoration; “and his brethren said to him,” signifies those who are of faith separate; “shalt thou indeed reign over us? Or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us?” signifies were they to be subject as to the things of the understanding and of the will; “and they added yet to hate him for his dreams and for his words,” signifies still greater contempt and aversion because of the preaching of the Word; “and he dreamed yet another dream,” signifies again a preaching; “and told it to his brethren, and said,” signifies in the presence of those who are of faith separate; “behold I have dreamed yet a dream,” signifies the contents; “and behold the sun and the moon,” signifies natural good and natural truth; “and eleven stars,” signifies the knowledges of good and of truth; “bowed down themselves to me,” signifies adoration; “and he told it to his father and to his brethren,” signifies that it was given to know it; “and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed?” signifies indignation; “father” here is the Jewish religion derived from the ancient; “shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?” signifies whether the church will adore; “and his brethren envied him,” signifies their aversion; “and his father kept the word,” signifies that the truth remained in their religiosity.

  
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Genesis 37

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1 Jacob lived in the land of his father's travels, in the land of Canaan.

2 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 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a coat of many colors.

4 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 Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.

6 He said to them, "Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:

7 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 His brothers said to him, "Will you indeed reign over us? Or will you indeed have dominion over us?" They hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words.

9 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 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 you to the earth?"

11 His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.

12 His brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

13 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 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 A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, "What are you looking for?"

16 He said, "I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock."

17 The man said, "They have left here, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.

18 They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.

19 They said one to another, "Behold, this dreamer comes.

20 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 Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, "Let's not take his life."

22 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 It happened, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;

24 and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.

25 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 Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?

27 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 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. They brought Joseph into Egypt.

29 Reuben returned to the pit; and saw that Joseph wasn't in the pit; and he tore his clothes.

30 He returned to his brothers, and said, "The child is no more; and I, where will I go?"

31 They took Joseph's coat, and killed a male goat, and dipped the coat in the blood.

32 They took the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, "We have found this. Examine it, now, whether it is your son's coat or not."

33 He recognized it, and said, "It is my son's coat. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces."

34 Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

35 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.

36 The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.