¹ Κατωκησε δε ο Ιακωβ εν τη γη, εν η παρωκησεν ο πατηρ αυτου, εν τη γη Χανααν.

² Αυτη ειναι γενεαλογια του Ιακωβ. Ο Ιωσηφ, νεος ων ετων δεκαεπτα, εποιμαινε τα προβατα μετα των αδελφων αυτου, των υιων της Βαλλας και των υιων της Ζελφας, των γυναικων του πατρος αυτου· και ανεφερεν ο Ιωσηφ προς τον πατερα αυτων την κακην αυτων φημην.

³ Ο δε Ισραηλ ηγαπα τον Ιωσηφ υπερ παντας τους υιους αυτου, διοτι ητο υιος του γηρατος αυτου· και εκαμεν εις αυτον χιτωνα ποικιλοχρωμον.

⁴ Βλεποντες δε οι αδελφοι αυτου, οτι αυτον ηγαπα ο πατηρ αυτων υπερ παντας τους αδελφους αυτου, εμισησαν αυτον και δεν ηδυναντο να ομιλωσι προς αυτον ειρηνικως.

⁵ Ενυπνιασθεις δε ο Ιωσηφ ενυπνιον, διηγηθη αυτο εις τους αδελφους αυτου· και εμισησαν αυτον ετι μαλλον.

⁶ Και ειπε προς αυτους, Ακουσατε, παρακαλω, το ενυπνιον τουτο το οποιον ενυπνιασθην.

⁷ Ιδου, ημεις εδενομεν δεματια εν μεσω της πεδιαδος· και ιδου, εσηκωθη το ιδικον μου δεματιον και εσταθη ορθιον· και ιδου, τα ιδικα σας δεματια περιστραφεντα προσεκυνησαν το ιδικον μου δεματιον.

⁸ Ειπον δε προς αυτον οι αδελφοι αυτου, Βασιλευς θελεις γεινει εφ' ημας; η κυριος θελεις γεινει εις ημας; Και εμισησαν αυτον ετι μαλλον δια τα ενυπνια αυτου και δια τους λογους αυτου.

⁹ Ενυπνιασθη δε και αλλο ενυπνιον, και διηγηθη αυτο προς τους αδελφους αυτου· και ειπεν, Ιδου, ενυπνιασθην αλλο ενυπνιον· και ιδου, ο ηλιος και η σεληνη και ενδεκα αστερες με προσεκυνουν.

¹⁰ Και διηγηθη αυτο προς τον πατερα αυτου και προς τους αδελφους αυτου και επεπληξεν αυτον ο πατηρ αυτου και ειπε προς αυτον, Τι ειναι το ενυπνιον τουτο, το οποιον ενυπνιασθης; αραγε θελομεν ελθει, εγω και η μητηρ σου και οι αδελφοι σου, δια να σε προσκυνησωμεν εως εδαφους;

¹¹ Και εφθονησαν αυτον οι αδελφοι αυτου· ο δε πατηρ αυτου εφυλαττε τον λογον.

¹² Και υπηγαν οι αδελφοι αυτου να βοσκησωσι τα προβατα του πατρος αυτων εις Συχεμ.

¹³ Και ειπεν ο Ισραηλ προς τον Ιωσηφ, δεν βοσκουσιν οι αδελφοι σου εν Συχεμ; ελθε να σε στειλω προς αυτους. Ο δε ειπε προς αυτον, Ιδου, εγω.

¹⁴ Και ειπε προς αυτον, Υπαγε λοιπον να ιδης, αν ηναι καλα οι αδελφοι σου και καλα τα προβατα, και φερε μοι ειδησιν. Και απεστειλεν αυτον απο της κοιλαδος της Χεβρων· και ηλθεν εις Συχεμ.

¹⁵ Και ευρηκεν αυτον ανθρωπος τις, ενω περιεπλανατο εν τη πεδιαδι· και ηρωτησεν αυτον ο ανθρωπος, λεγων, Τι ζητεις;

¹⁶ Ο δε ειπε, τους αδελφους μου ζητω· ειπε μοι, παρακαλω, που βοσκουσι.

¹⁷ Και ειπεν ο ανθρωπος, Ανεχωρησαν απο εδω· διοτι ηκουσα αυτους λεγοντας, Ας υπαγωμεν εις Δωθαν. Και υπηγεν ο Ιωσηφ κατοπιν των αδελφων αυτου, και ευρηκεν αυτους εν Δωθαν.

¹⁸ Οι δε ιδοντες αυτον μακροθεν, πριν πλησιαση εις αυτους, συνεβουλευθησαν κατ' αυτου να φονευσωσιν αυτον.

¹⁹ Και ειπεν ο εις προς τον αλλον, Ιδου, ερχεται εκεινος ο κυριος των ενυπνιων·

²⁰ ελθετε λοιπον τωρα και ας φονευσωμεν αυτον και ας ριψωμεν αυτον εις ενα εκ των λακκων· και θελομεν ειπει, Θηριον κακον κατεφαγεν αυτον· και θελομεν ιδει τι θελουσι γεινει τα ενυπνια αυτου.

²¹ Και ακουσας ο Ρουβην ηλευθερωσεν αυτον εκ των χειρων αυτων, λεγων, Ας μη βλαψωμεν αυτον εις την ζωην.

²² Και ειπε προς αυτους ο Ρουβην, Μη χυσητε αιμα· ριψατε αυτον εις τουτον τον λακκον, τον εν τη ερημω, και χειρα μη βαλητε επ' αυτον· δια να ελευθερωση αυτον εκ των χειρων αυτων, και να αποδωση αυτον εις τον πατερα αυτου.

²³ Οτε λοιπον ηλθεν ο Ιωσηφ προς τους αδελφους αυτου, εξεδυσαν τον Ιωσηφ τον χιτωνα αυτου, τον χιτωνα τον ποικιλοχρωμον, τον επ' αυτον·

²⁴ και λαβοντες αυτον, ερριψαν εις τον λακκον· ο δε λακκος ητο κενος· δεν ειχεν υδωρ.

²⁵ Επειτα εκαθησαν να φαγωσιν αρτον, και αναβλεψαντες ειδον· και ιδου, συνοδια Ισμαηλιτων ηρχετο απο Γαλααδ μετα των καμηλων αυτων φορτωμενων αρωματα και βαλσαμον και μυρον, και επορευοντο να φερωσιν αυτα κατω εις την Αιγυπτον.

²⁶ Και ειπεν ο Ιουδας προς τους αδελφους αυτου, Τις η ωφελεια, εαν φονευσωμεν τον αδελφον ημων και κρυψωμεν το αιμα αυτου;

²⁷ ελθετε και ας πωλησωμεν αυτον εις τους Ισμαηλιτας· και ας μη βαλωμεν τας χειρας ημων επ' αυτον· διοτι αδελφος ημων, σαρξ ημων ειναι. Και υπηκουσαν οι αδελφοι αυτου.

²⁸ Και ενω διεβαινον οι Μαδιανιται εμποροι, ανεσυραν και ανεβιβασαν τον Ιωσηφ εκ του λακκου και επωλησαν τον Ιωσηφ δια εικοσι αργυρια εις τους Ισμαηλιτας· οι δε εφεραν τον Ιωσηφ εις Αιγυπτον.

²⁹ Επεστρεψε δε ο Ρουβην εις τον λακκον, και ιδου, ο Ιωσηφ δεν ητο εν τω λακκω· και διεσχισε τα ιματια αυτου.

³⁰ Και επεστρεψε προς τους αδελφους αυτου, και ειπε, Το παιδιον δεν υπαρχει και εγω, εγω που να υπαγω;

³¹ Τοτε ελαβον τον χιτωνα του Ιωσηφ και εσφαξαν εριφιον εκ των αιγων, και εβαψαν τον χιτωνα εν τω αιματι·

³² και απεστειλαν τον χιτωνα τον ποικιλοχρωμον, και εφεραν αυτον προς τον πατερα αυτων και ειπον, Ευρηκαμεν τουτον· γνωρισον τωρα, αν ηναι ο χιτων του υιου σου η ουχι.

³³ Ο δε εγνωρισεν αυτον και ειπε, Ο χιτων του υιου μου ειναι· θηριον κακον κατεφαγεν αυτον· ολος κατεσπαραχθη ο Ιωσηφ.

³⁴ Και διεσχισεν ο Ιακωβ τα ιματια αυτου και εβαλε σακκον εις την οσφυν αυτου και επενθησε τον υιον αυτου ημερας πολλας.

³⁵ Και εσηκωθησαν παντες οι υιοι αυτου και πασαι αι θυγατερες αυτου, δια να παρηγορησωσιν αυτον· αλλα δεν ηθελε να παρηγορηθη, λεγων, Οτι πενθων θελω καταβη προς τον υιον μου εις τον ταφον. Και εκλαυσεν αυτον ο πατηρ αυτου.

³⁶ Οι δε Μαδιανιται επωλησαν αυτον εν τη Αιγυπτω εις τον Πετεφρην, αυλικον του Φαραω, αρχοντα των σωματοφυλακων.

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.