en_cepher - Gen 37 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ AND Ya`aqov dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Kena`an.

² These are the generations of Ya`aqov. Yoceph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's women: and Yoceph brought unto his father their evil report.

³ Now Yashar'el loved Yoceph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors.

⁴ And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

⁵ And Yoceph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

⁶ And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

⁷ For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

⁸ And his brethren said to him, Shall you indeed reign over us? or shall you indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

⁹ And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

¹⁰ And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to you to the earth?

¹¹ And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

¹² And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shekem.

¹³ And Yashar'el said unto El-Yoceph, Do not your brethren feed the flock in Shekem? come, and I will send you unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.

¹⁴ And he said to him, Go, I pray you, see whether it be well with your brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the valley of Chevron, and he came to Shekem.

¹⁵ And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What do you seek?

¹⁶ And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray you, where they feed their flocks.

¹⁷ And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Yoceph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.

¹⁸ And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

¹⁹ And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer comes.

²⁰ Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast has devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

²¹ And Re'uven heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

²² And Re'uven said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

²³ And it came to pass, when Yoceph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Yoceph out of his coat, his coat of many colors that was on him;

²⁴ And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

²⁵ And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Yishma'e'liym came from Gil'ad with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Mitsrayim.

²⁶ And Yahudah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

²⁷ Come, and let us sell him to the Yishma'e'liym, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.

²⁸ Then there passed by Midyaniym merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Yoceph out of the pit, and sold Yoceph to the Yishma'e'liym for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Yoceph into Mitsrayim.

²⁹ And Re'uven returned unto the pit; and, behold, Yoceph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.

³⁰ And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?

³¹ And they took Yoceph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;

³² And they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be your son's coat or no.

³³ And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has devoured him; Yoceph is without doubt rent in pieces.

³⁴ And Ya`aqov rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

³⁵ And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into She'ol unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

³⁶ And the Midyaniym sold him into Mitsrayim unto Potiyphar, an officer of Phar'oh's, and captain of the guard.