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And Jacob[H3290]dwelt[H3427] in the land[H776] wherein his father[H1] was a stranger[H4033], in the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667].
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These are the generations[H8435] of Jacob[H3290]. Joseph[H3130], being seventeen[H6240]years[H8141]old[H1121], was feeding[H7462] the flock[H6629] with his brethren[H251]; and the lad[H5288] was with the sons[H1121] of Bilhah[H1090], and with the sons[H1121] of Zilpah[H2153], his father[H1]'s wives[H802]: and Joseph[H3130]brought[H935] unto his father[H1] their evil[H7451]report[H1681].
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Now Israel[H3478]loved[H157]Joseph[H3130] more than all his children[H1121], because he was the son[H1121] of his old age[H2208]: and he made[H6213] him a coat[H3801] of many colours[H6446].
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And when his brethren[H251]saw[H7200] that their father[H1]loved[H157] him more than all his brethren[H251], they hated[H8130] him, and could[H3201] not speak[H1696]peaceably[H7965] unto him.
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And Joseph[H3130]dreamed[H2492] a dream[H2472], and he told[H5046] it his brethren[H251]: and they hated[H8130] him yet the more[H3254].
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And he said[H559] unto them, Hear[H8085], I pray you, this dream[H2472] which I have dreamed[H2492]:
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For, behold, we were binding[H481]sheaves[H485] in the field[H7704], and, lo, my sheaf[H485]arose[H6965], and also stood upright[H5324]; and, behold, your sheaves[H485] stood round about[H5437], and made obeisance[H7812] to my sheaf[H485].
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And his brethren[H251]said[H559] to him, Shalt thou indeed[H4427]reign[H4427] over us? or shalt thou indeed[H4910] have dominion[H4910] over us? And they hated[H8130] him yet the more[H3254] for his dreams[H2472], and for his words[H1697].
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And he dreamed[H2492] yet another[H312]dream[H2472], and told[H5608] it his brethren[H251], and said[H559], Behold, I have dreamed[H2492] a dream[H2472] more; and, behold, the sun[H8121] and the moon[H3394] and the eleven[H6240]stars[H3556] made obeisance[H7812] to me.
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And he told[H5608] it to his father[H1], and to his brethren[H251]: and his father[H1]rebuked[H1605] him, and said[H559] unto him, What is this dream[H2472] that thou hast dreamed?[H2492] Shall I and thy mother[H517] and thy brethren[H251]indeed[H935]come[H935] to bow down[H7812] ourselves to thee to the earth?[H776]
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And his brethren[H251]envied[H7065] him; but his father[H1]observed[H8104] the saying[H1697].
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And his brethren[H251]went[H3212] to feed[H7462] their father's flock[H6629] in Shechem[H7927].
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And Israel[H3478]said[H559] unto Joseph[H3130], Do not thy brethren[H251]feed[H7462] the flock in Shechem?[H7927]come[H3212], and I will send thee[H7971] unto them. And he said[H559] to him, Here am I.
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And he said[H559] to him, Go[H3212], I pray thee, see[H7200] whether it be well[H7965] with thy brethren[H251], and well[H7965] with the flocks[H6629]; and bring[H7725] me word[H1697]again[H7725]. So he sent[H7971] him out of the vale[H6010] of Hebron[H2275], and he came[H935] to Shechem[H7927].
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And a certain man[H376] found him[H4672], and, behold, he was wandering[H8582] in the field[H7704]: and the man[H376] asked him[H7592], saying[H559], What seekest[H1245] thou?
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And he said[H559], I seek[H1245] my brethren[H251]: tell[H5046] me, I pray thee, where[H375] they feed[H7462] their flocks.
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And the man[H376]said[H559], They are departed[H5265]hence[H2088]; for I heard[H8085] them say[H559], Let us go[H3212] to Dothan[H1886]. And Joseph[H3130]went[H3212]after[H310] his brethren[H251], and found[H4672] them in Dothan[H1886].
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And when they saw[H7200] him afar off[H7350], even before he came near[H7126] unto them, they conspired[H5230] against him to slay[H4191] him.
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And they said[H559]one[H376] to another[H251], Behold, this[H1976]dreamer[H1167]cometh[H935].
20Come[H3212] now therefore, and let us slay[H2026] him, and cast[H7993] him into some[H259]pit[H953], and we will say[H559], Some[H259]evil[H7451]beast[H2416] hath devoured[H398] him: and we shall see[H7200] what will become of his dreams[H2472].
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And Reuben[H7205]heard[H8085] it, and he delivered[H5337] him out of their hands[H3027]; and said[H559], Let us not kill[H5221] him.
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And Reuben[H7205]said[H559] unto them, Shed[H8210] no blood[H1818], but cast[H7993] him into this pit[H953] that is in the wilderness[H4057], and lay[H7971] no hand[H3027] upon him; that he might rid[H5337] him out of their hands[H3027], to deliver[H7725] him to his father[H1]again[H7725].
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And it came to pass, when Joseph[H3130] was come[H935] unto his brethren[H251], that they stript[H6584]Joseph[H3130] out of[H854] his coat[H3801], his coat[H3801]of[H854] many colours[H6446] that was on him;
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And they took[H3947] him, and cast[H7993] him into a pit[H953]: and the pit[H953] was empty[H7386], there was no water[H4325] in it.
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And they sat down[H3427] to eat[H398]bread[H3899]: and they lifted up[H5375] their eyes[H5869] and looked[H7200], and, behold, a company[H736] of Ishmeelites[H3459]came[H935] from Gilead[H1568] with their camels[H1581]bearing[H5375]spicery[H5219] and balm[H6875] and myrrh[H3910], going[H1980] to carry it down[H3381] to Egypt[H4714].
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And Judah[H3063]said[H559] unto his brethren[H251], What profit[H1215] is it if we slay[H2026] our brother[H251], and conceal[H3680] his blood?[H1818]
27Come[H3212], and let us sell[H4376] him to the Ishmeelites[H3459], and let not our hand[H3027] be upon him; for he is our brother[H251] and our flesh[H1320]. And his brethren[H251] were content[H8085].
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Then there passed[H5674] by Midianites[H4084]merchantmen[H582]; and they drew[H4900] and lifted up[H5927]Joseph[H3130] out of the pit[H953], and sold[H4376]Joseph[H3130] to the Ishmeelites[H3459] for twenty[H6242] pieces of silver[H3701]: and they brought[H935]Joseph[H3130] into Egypt[H4714].
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And Reuben[H7205]returned[H7725] unto the pit[H953]; and, behold, Joseph[H3130] was not in the pit[H953]; and he rent[H7167] his clothes[H899].
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And he returned[H7725] unto his brethren[H251], and said[H559], The child[H3206] is not; and I, whither[H575] shall I go?[H935]
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And they took[H3947] Joseph's coat[H3801], and killed[H7819] a kid[H8163] of the goats[H5795], and dipped[H2881] the coat[H3801] in the blood[H1818];
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And they sent[H7971] the coat[H3801] of many colours[H6446], and they brought[H935] it to their father[H1]; and said[H559], This have we found[H4672]: know[H5234] now whether it be thy son's coat[H3801] or no.
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And he knew it[H5234], and said[H559], It[H5234] is my son's coat[H3801]; an evil[H7451]beast[H2416] hath devoured[H398] him; Joseph[H3130] is without doubt[H2963] rent in pieces[H2963].
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And Jacob[H3290]rent[H7167] his clothes[H8071], and put[H7760]sackcloth[H8242] upon his loins[H4975], and mourned[H56] for his son[H1121]many[H7227]days[H3117].
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And all his sons[H1121] and all his daughters[H1323] rose up[H6965] to comfort[H5162] him; but he refused[H3985] to be comforted[H5162]; and he said[H559], For I will go down[H3381] into the grave[H7585] unto my son[H1121]mourning[H57]. Thus his father[H1]wept[H1058] for him.
36
And the Midianites[H4092]sold[H4376] him into Egypt[H4714] unto Potiphar[H6318], an officer[H5631] of Pharaoh's, and captain[H8269] of the guard[H2876].