Genesis 37:3-23

3Now IsraelH3478 lovedH157 JosephH3130 more thanH3605 his other sonsH1121, becauseH3588 JosephH1931 had been bornH1121 to him in his old ageH2208; so he madeH6213 him a robeH3801 of many colorsH6446.1 4When Joseph’s brothersH251 sawH7200 thatH3588 their fatherH1 lovedH157 himH853 more than anyH3605 of them, they hatedH8130 himH853 and couldH3201 notH3808 speakH1696 a kind word to himH7965.

5Then JosephH3130 had a dreamH2492H2472, and when he toldH5046 it to his brothersH251, they hatedH8130 himH853 even moreH3254H5750. 6He saidH559 to themH413, “ListenH8085H4994 to thisH2088 dream I hadH2492H2472: 7WeH587 were bindingH481 sheaves of grainH485 inH8432 the fieldH7704, and suddenlyH2009 my sheafH485 roseH6965 andH1571 stood uprightH5324H2009, while your sheavesH485 gathered aroundH5437 and bowed downH7812 toH485 mine.”

8“Do you intend to reignH4427 over usH5921H518?” his brothersH251 askedH559. “Will you actually ruleH4910 us?” So they hatedH8130 himH853 even moreH3254H5750 because ofH5921 his dreamH2472H5921 and his statementsH1697.

9Then Joseph had anotherH5750H312 dreamH2492H2472 and toldH5608 it to his brothersH251. “LookH2009,” he saidH559, “I had anotherH5750H2009 dreamH2492H2472, and this time the sunH8121 and moonH3394 and elevenH259H6240 starsH3556 were bowing downH7812 to me.”

10He toldH5608H413 his fatherH1H413 and brothersH251, but his fatherH1 rebukedH1605 him and saidH559, “WhatH4100 is this dreamH2088 thatH834 you have hadH2472H2492? Will your motherH517 and brothersH251 and IH589 actuallyH935 comeH935 and bow downH7812 to the groundH776 before you?” 11And his brothersH251 were jealousH7065 of him, but his fatherH1 kept in mindH8104 what he had saidH1697.

12Some time later, Joseph’s brothersH251 had goneH1980 to pastureH7462 their father’sH1 flocksH6629 near ShechemH7927. 13IsraelH3478 saidH559 toH413 him, “Are notH3808 your brothersH251 pasturingH7462 the flocks at ShechemH7927? Get readyH1980; I am sendingH7971 you to themH413.”

“I am readyH2009,” Joseph repliedH559.

14Then Israel toldH559 him, “GoH1980 nowH4994 and seeH7200 how your brothersH251 and the flocksH6629 are faringH7965, and bring wordH1697 back to meH7725.”

So he sent him offH7971 from the ValleyH6010 of HebronH2275. And when Joseph arrivedH935 in ShechemH7927, 15a manH376 found himH4672 wanderingH8582 in the fieldH7704 and askedH7592H376H559, “WhatH4100 are you looking forH1245?”

16“I amH595 looking forH1245 my brothersH251,” Joseph repliedH559. “Can you please tellH5046H4994 me whereH375 theyH1992 are pasturing their flocksH7462?”

17“They have moved onH5265 from hereH2088H3588,” the manH376 answeredH559. “I heard themH8085 sayH559, ‘Let us goH1980 to DothanH1886.’” So JosephH3130 set outH1980 afterH310 his brothersH251 and found themH4672 at DothanH1886.

18Now Joseph’s brothers sawH7200 himH853 in the distanceH7350, and beforeH2962 he arrivedH7126H413, they plottedH5230 to kill himH4191. 19“HereH2009 comesH935 thatH1976 dreamerH1167H2472!” they saidH559 toH413 oneH376 anotherH251. 20“ComeH1980 nowH6258, let us kill himH2026 and throw himH7993 into oneH259 of the pitsH953. We can sayH559 that a viciousH7451 animalH2416 has devoured himH398. Then we shall seeH7200 whatH4100 becomesH1961 of his dreamsH2472!”

21When ReubenH7205 heardH8085 this, he tried to rescueH5337 Joseph from their handsH3027. “Let us notH3808 takeH5221 his lifeH5315,” he saidH559. 22“Do not shedH8210 his bloodH1818. ThrowH7993 himH853 intoH413 thisH2088 pitH953 in the wildernessH4057, but do notH408 layH7971 a handH3027 on him.” ReubenH7205H408 said thisH559H413 so thatH4616 he could rescueH5337 Joseph from their handsH3027 and return himH7725 toH413 his fatherH1.

23SoH1961 whenH834 JosephH3130 cameH935 toH413 his brothersH251, they strippedH6584 him of his robeH3801—the robeH3801 of many colorsH6446 he was wearingH5921—