Genesis 37:3-23

3Now IsraelH3478 lovedH157 JosephH3130 moreH4480 thanH4480 allH3605 his other sonsH1121, becauseH3588 he was 1the sonH1121 of his oldH2208 ageH2208; and he madeH6213 him a 23multicoloredH6446 tunicH3801. 4And his brothersH251 sawH7200 that their fatherH1 lovedH157 him moreH4480 thanH4480 allH3605 his brothersH251; and so they 4hatedH8130 him and couldH3201 not speakH1696 to him 5on friendlyH7965 termsH7965.

5Then JosephH3130 67hadH2492 a dreamH2472, and when he toldH5046 it to his brothersH251, they hatedH8130 him evenH5750 moreH3254H5750. 6He saidH559 to them, “PleaseH4994 listenH8085 to thisH2088 dreamH2472 whichH834 I have 8hadH2492; 7for beholdH2009, we were bindingH481 sheavesH485 in the fieldH7704, and beholdH2009, my sheafH485 stoodH6965 upH6965 and alsoH1571 remainedH5324 standingH5324; and beholdH2009, your sheavesH485 gatheredH5437 aroundH5437 and 9bowedH2331 downH2331 to my sheafH485.” 8Then his brothersH251 saidH559 to him, “10Are you actuallyH4427 going to reignH4427 overH5921 us? OrH518 are you reallyH4910 going to ruleH4910 over us?” So they hatedH8130 him evenH5750 moreH3254H5750 for his dreamsH2472 and for his wordsH1697.

9Then he 11hadH2492 yetH5750 anotherH312 dreamH2472, and informedH5608 his brothersH251 of it, and saidH559, “BeholdH2009, I have 12hadH2492 yetH5750 another dreamH2472; and beholdH2009, the sunH8121 and the moonH3394, and elevenH259H6240 starsH3556 were bowingH2331 downH2331 to me.” 10He also toldH5608 it to his fatherH1 as well as to his brothersH251; and his fatherH1 rebukedH1605 him and saidH559 to him, “WhatH4100 is thisH2088 dreamH2472 that you have 13hadH2492? Am I and your motherH517 and 14your brothersH251 actuallyH935 going to comeH935 to bowH2331 downH2331 to the groundH776 before you?” 11And 15his brothersH251 wereH7065 jealousH7065 of him, but his fatherH1 16keptH8104 the matterH1697 in mind.

12Then his brothersH251 wentH1980 to pastureH7462 their father’sH1 flockH6629 in ShechemH7927. 13And IsraelH3478 saidH559 to JosephH3130, “Are your brothersH251 not pasturingH7462 the flock in 17ShechemH7927? ComeH1980, and I will sendH7971 you to them.” And he saidH559 to him, “18I will goH2009.” 14Then he saidH559 to him, “GoH1980 nowH4994 and seeH7200 aboutH7200 the welfareH7965 of your brothersH251 and the welfareH7965 of the flockH6629, and bringH7725 wordH1697 backH7725 to me.” So he sentH7971 him from the ValleyH6010 of 19HebronH2275, and he cameH935 to ShechemH7927.

15A manH376 foundH4672 him, and beholdH2009, he was wanderingH8582 in the fieldH7704; and the manH376 askedH7592 him, “20WhatH4100 are you lookingH1245 forH1245?” 16He saidH559, “I am lookingH1245 forH1245 my brothersH251; pleaseH4994 tellH5046 me whereH375 they are pasturingH7462 the flock.” 17Then the manH376 saidH559, “They have movedH5265 from hereH2088; for I heardH8085 them sayH559, ‘Let’s goH1980 to 21DothanH1886.’” So JosephH3130 wentH1980 after his brothersH251 and foundH4672 them at DothanH1886.

1822When they sawH7200 him from a distanceH7350, and beforeH2962 he cameH7126 closerH7126 to them, they 23plottedH5230 againstH854 him to putH4191 him toH4191 deathH4191. 19They saidH559 to oneH376 anotherH251, “24HereH2009 comesH935 thisH1976 dreamerH1167H2472! 20NowH6258 then, comeH1980 and let’s killH2026 him, and throwH7993 him into oneH259 of the pitsH953; and 25we will sayH559, ‘A viciousH7451 animalH2421 devouredH398 him.’ Then we will seeH7200 whatH4100 will becomeH1961 of his dreamsH2472!” 21But 26ReubenH7205 heardH8085 this and rescuedH5337 him out of their handsH3027 27by sayingH559, “Let’s not 28takeH5221 his lifeH5315.” 22Then ReubenH7205 saidH559 to them, “ShedH8210 noH408 bloodH1818. ThrowH7993 him into thisH2088 pitH953 that is in the wildernessH4057, but do not layH7971 a handH3027 on him”--soH4616 thatH4616 later he might rescueH5337 him out of their handsH3027, to returnH7725 him to his fatherH1. 23So it cameH1961 aboutH1961, whenH3512 JosephH3130 29reachedH935 his brothersH251, that they strippedH6584 JosephH3130 of his tunicH3801, the 30multicoloredH6446 tunicH3801 that was on him;