Genesis 37:12–36

¹²And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in ^kShechem. ¹³And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I. ¹⁴And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, ^†see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of ^lHebron, and he came to Shechem. ¹⁵And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? ¹⁶And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks. ¹⁷And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in ^mDothan. ¹⁸And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. ¹⁹And they said one to another, Behold, this ^†dreamer cometh. ²⁰Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams. ²¹And ⁿReuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him. ²²And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; ^othat he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. ²³And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many ^||colours that was on him; ²⁴And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it. ²⁵And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of ^pIshmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing ^qspicery and ^rbalm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. ²⁶And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and ^sconceal his blood? ²⁷Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and ^tlet not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and ^uour flesh. And his brethren ^†were content. ²⁸Then there passed by ^wMidianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, ^xand sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty ^ypieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt. ²⁹And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he ^zrent his clothes. ³⁰And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child ^ais not; and I, whither shall I go? ³¹And they took ^bJoseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; ³²And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: ^cknow now whether it be thy son’s coat or no. ³³And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an ^devil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces. ³⁴And Jacob ^erent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. ³⁵And all his sons and all his daughters ^frose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For ^gI will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. ³⁶And ^hthe Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an ^†officer of Pharaoh’s, and ^†||captain of the guard.