Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided , the land of Canaan.
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This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph (was) seventeen ... years old , he was tending the flock ... with his brothers , - - the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah ... ... and Zilpah , and he - brought their father a bad report about them.
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Now Israel loved - Joseph more than his other sons , because Joseph had been born in his old age ; so he made a robe of many colors.
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When (Joseph’s) brothers saw that their father loved him more than any (of them) , they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
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Then Joseph had a dream ... , and when he told it to his brothers , they hated him even more ....
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He said to them , “ Listen ... to this - dream I had ... :
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- We were binding sheaves of grain in the field , and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright ... , while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to (mine). ”
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“ Do you intend to reign over us ? ” ... his brothers asked “ Will you actually rule So they hated him even more ... because of his dream ... and his statements.
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Then (Joseph) had another ... dream ... and told - it to his brothers. “ Look , ” he said , “ I had another ... dream ... , and this time the sun and moon and eleven ... stars were bowing down
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He told ... his father ... and brothers , but his father rebuked and said “ What is this dream that you have had ... ? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground
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And his brothers were jealous but his father kept in mind what he had said -.
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Some time later, (Joseph’s) brothers had gone to pasture - their father’s flocks near Shechem.
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Israel said to (him) , “ Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem ? Get ready ; I am sending you to them. ” “ I am ready , ” Joseph replied
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Then (Israel) told “ Go now and see - - how your brothers - and the flocks are faring , and bring word back to me. ” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when (Joseph) arrived in Shechem ,
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- a man found him wandering in the field and asked , ... ... “ What are you looking for ? ”
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“ I am looking for my brothers , ” Joseph replied. - “ Can you please tell ... where they are pasturing their flocks? ”
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“ They have moved on from here , ” ... the man answered. “ I heard them say , ‘ Let us go to Dothan. ’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
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Now (Joseph’s brothers) saw him in the distance , and before he arrived , ... they plotted - to kill him.
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“ Here comes that dreamer ... ! ” they said to one another.
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“ Come now , let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams ! ”
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When Reuben heard (this) , he tried to rescue (Joseph) from their hands. “ Let us not take his life , ” he said.
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“ Do not shed (his) blood. Throw him into this - pit in the wilderness , but do not lay a hand Reuben ... said this ... so that he could rescue (Joseph) from their hands and return him to his father.
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So when Joseph came to his brothers , they stripped - (him) - of his robe — - the robe of many colors - he was wearing —
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and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty , with no water
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And as they sat down to eat a meal , they looked up ... ... and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices , balm , and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.
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Then Judah said to his brothers , “ What profit will we gain if we kill - our brother and cover up - his blood ?
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Come , let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand for he is our brother , our own flesh. ” And they agreed.
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So when the Midianite traders passed by , ... his brothers pulled ... - Joseph out of the pit and sold - him for twenty (shekels) of silver to the Ishmaelites , who took - (him) to Egypt.
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When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there ... , he tore - his clothes ,
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returned to his brothers , and said , “ The boy is gone ! What am I going to do ... ... ... ? ”
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Then they took - Joseph’s robe , slaughtered a young goat ... , and dipped - the robe in its blood.
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They sent - the robe of many colors ... to their father and said , “ We found this. Examine it to see whether it (is) your son’s robe or not. ”
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His father recognized it and said , “ It is my son’s robe ! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces ... ! ”
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Then Jacob tore his clothes , put sackcloth around his waist , and mourned for his son many days.
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- All his sons ... and daughters tried to comfort him , but he refused to be comforted. “ No, ” he said. ... “ I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son. ” So his father wept for him.
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Meanwhile, the Midianites sold (Joseph) in Egypt to Potiphar , an officer of Pharaoh (and) captain of the guard.
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