1SO JACOB dwelt in the land in which his father had been a stranger {and} sojourner, in the land of Canaan.
2This is the history of the descendants of Jacob {and} this is Jacob's line. Joseph, when he was seventeen years old, was shepherding the flock with his brothers; the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's [secondary] wives; and Joseph brought to his father a bad report of them.
3Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a [distinctive] long tunic with sleeves.
4But when his brothers saw that their father loved [Joseph] more than all of his brothers, they hated him and could not say, Peace [in friendly greeting] to him {or} speak peaceably to him.
5Now Joseph had a dream and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him still more.
6And he said to them, Listen now {and} hear, I pray you, this dream that I have dreamed:
7We [brothers] were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright, and behold, your sheaves stood round about my sheaf and bowed down!
8His brothers said to him, Shall you indeed reign over us? Or are you going to have us as your subjects {and} dominate us? And they hated him all the more for his dreams and for what he said.
9But Joseph dreamed yet another dream and told it to his brothers [also]. He said, See here, I have dreamed again, and behold, [this time not only] eleven stars [but also] the sun and the moon bowed down {and} did reverence to me!
10And he told it to his father [as well as] his brethren. But his father rebuked him and said to him, What is the meaning of this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers actually come to bow down ourselves to the earth {and} do homage to you?
11Joseph's brothers envied him {and} were jealous of him, but his father observed the saying {and} pondered over it.
12Joseph's brothers went to shepherd {and} feed their father's flock near Shechem.
13[One day] Israel said to Joseph, Do not your brothers shepherd my flock at Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them. And he said, Here I am.
14And [Jacob] said to him, Go, I pray you, see whether everything is all right with your brothers and with the flock; then come back and bring me word. So he sent him out of the Hebron Valley, and he came to Shechem.
15And a certain man found him, and behold, he had lost his way {and} was wandering in the open country. The man asked him, What are you trying to find?
16And he said, I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, I pray you, where they are pasturing our flocks.
17But the man said, [They were here, but] they have gone. I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
18And when they saw him far off, even before he came near to them, they conspired to kill him.
19And they said one to another, See, here comes this dreamer {and} master of dreams.
20So come on now, let us kill him and throw his body into some pit; then we will say [to our father], Some wild {and} ferocious animal has devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his dreams!
21Now Reuben heard it and he delivered him out of their hands by saying, Let us not kill him.
22And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit {or} well that is out here in the wilderness and lay no hand on him. He was trying to get Joseph out of their hands in order to rescue him {and} deliver him again to his father.
23When Joseph had come to his brothers, they stripped him of his [distinctive] long garment which he was wearing;
24Then they took him and cast him into the [well-like] pit which was empty; there was no water in it.
25Then they sat down to eat their lunch. When they looked up, behold, they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites [mixed Arabians] coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum [of the styrax tree], balm (balsam), and myrrh {or} ladanum, going on their way to carry them down to Egypt.
26And Judah said to his brothers, What do we gain if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?
27Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites [and Midianites, these mixed Arabians who are approaching], and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brothers consented.
28Then as the Midianite [and Ishmaelite] merchants were passing by, the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the well. And they sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took Joseph [captive] into Egypt.
29Then Reuben [who had not been there when the brothers plotted to sell the lad] returned to the pit; and behold, Joseph was not in the pit, and he rent his clothes.
30He rejoined his brothers and said, The boy is not there! And I, where shall I go [to hide from my father]?
31Then they took Joseph's [distinctive] long garment, killed a young goat, and dipped the garment in the blood;
32And they sent the garment to their father, saying, We have found this! Examine {and} decide whether it is your son's tunic or not.
33He said, My son's long garment! An evil [wild] beast has devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
34And Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned many days for his son.
35And all his sons and daughters attempted to console him, but he refused to be comforted and said, I will go down to Sheol (the place of the dead) to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.
36And the Midianites [and Ishmaelites] sold [Joseph] in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain {and} chief executioner of the [royal] guard.
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