Genesis 37:1–20

¹And Jacob dwelleth in the land of his father’s sojournings—in the land of Canaan. ²These are births of Jacob: Joseph, a son of seventeen years, hath been enjoying himself with his brethren among the flock, (and he is a youth,) with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and Joseph bringeth in an account of their evil unto their father. ³And Israel hath loved Joseph more than any of his sons, for he is a son of his old age, and hath made for him a long coat; ⁴and his brethren see that their father hath loved him more than any of his brethren, and they hate him, and have not been able to speak to him peaceably.

⁵And Joseph dreameth a dream, and declareth to his brethren, and they add still more to hate him. ⁶And he saith unto them, ‘Hear ye, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: ⁷that, lo, we are binding bundles in the midst of the field, and lo, my bundle hath arisen, and hath also stood up, and lo, your bundles are round about, and bow themselves to my bundle.’ ⁸And his brethren say to him, ‘Dost thou certainly reign over us? dost thou certainly rule over us?’ and they add still more to hate him, for his dreams, and for his words. ⁹And he dreameth yet another dream, and recounteth it to his brethren, and saith, ‘Lo, I have dreamed a dream again, and lo, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars, are bowing themselves to me.’ ¹⁰And he recounteth unto his father, and unto his brethren; and his father pusheth against him, and saith to him, ‘What is this dream which thou hast dreamt? do we certainly come—I, and thy mother, and thy brethren—to bow ourselves to thee, to the earth?’ ¹¹and his brethren are zealous against him, and his father hath watched the matter.

¹²And his brethren go to feed the flock of their father in Shechem, ¹³and Israel saith unto Joseph, ‘Are not thy brethren feeding in Shechem? come, and I send thee unto them;’ and he saith to him, ‘Here am I;’ ¹⁴and he saith to him, ‘Go, I pray thee, see the peace of thy brethren, and the peace of the flock, and bring me back word;’ and he sendeth him from the valley of Hebron, and he cometh to Shechem. ¹⁵And a man findeth him, and lo, he is wandering in the field, and the man asketh him, saying, ‘What seekest thou?’ ¹⁶and he saith, ‘My brethren I am seeking, declare to me, I pray thee, where they are feeding?’ ¹⁷And the man saith, ‘They have journeyed from this, for I have heard some saying, Let us go to Dothan,’ and Joseph goeth after his brethren, and findeth them in Dothan. ¹⁸And they see him from afar, even before he draweth near unto them, and they conspire against him to put him to death. ¹⁹And they say one unto another, ‘Lo, this man of the dreams cometh; ²⁰and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast hath devoured him; and we see what his dreams are.’