<vn='1'>And <sn="3290">Jacob</s><sn="3427">dwelt</s> in the <sn="776">land</s> wherein his <sn="1">father</s> was a <sn="4033">stranger</s>, in the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="3667">Canaan</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="428">These</s> are the <sn="8435">generations</s> of <sn="3290">Jacob</s>. <sn="3130">Joseph</s>, being <sn="7651 6240">seventeen</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s>, <sn="1961">was</s><sn="7462">feeding</s> the <sn="6629">flock</s><sn="854">with</s> his <sn="251">brethren</s>; and the <sn="5288">lad</s> was <sn="854">with</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="1090">Bilhah</s>, and <sn="854">with</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="2153">Zilpah</s>, his <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="802">wives</s>: and <sn="3130">Joseph</s><sn="935">brought</s><sn="413">unto</s> his <sn="1">father</s> their <sn="*853"></s><sn="7451">evil</s><sn="1681">report</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>Now <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="157">loved</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3130">Joseph</s> more than <sn="4480 3605">all</s> his <sn="1121">children</s>, <sn="3588">because</s><sn="1931">he</s> was the <sn="1121">son</s> of his old <sn="2208">age</s>: and he <sn="6213">made</s> him a <sn="3801">coat</s> of many <sn="6446">colors</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And when his <sn="251">brethren</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> their <sn="1">father</s><sn="157">loved</s> him more than <sn="4480 3605">all</s> his <sn="251">brethren</s>, they <sn="8130">hated</s> him, and <sn="3201">could</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="1696">speak</s><sn="7965">peaceably</s> unto him. </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="3130">Joseph</s><sn="2492">dreamed</s> a <sn="2472">dream</s>, and he <sn="5046">told</s> it his <sn="251">brethren</s>: and they <sn="8130">hated</s> him <sn="5750">yet</s> the <sn="3254">more</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="8085">Hear</s>, I pray <sn="4994">you</s>, <sn="2088">this</s><sn="2472">dream</s><sn="834">which</s> I have <sn="2492">dreamed</s>: </v>
<vn='7'>For, <sn="2009">behold</s>, <sn="587">we</s> were <sn="481">binding</s><sn="485">sheaves</s><sn="8432">in</s> the <sn="7704">field</s>, and, <sn="2009">lo</s>, my <sn="485">sheaf</s><sn="6965">arose</s>, and <sn="1571">also</s> stood <sn="5324">upright</s>; and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, your <sn="485">sheaves</s> stood round <sn="5437">about</s>, and made <sn="7812">obeisance</s> to my <sn="485">sheaf</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And his <sn="251">brethren</s><sn="559">said</s> to him, Shalt thou indeed <sn="4427 4427">reign</s><sn="5921">over</s> us? <sn="518">or</s> shalt thou indeed have <sn="4910 4910">dominion</s> over us? And they <sn="8130">hated</s> him <sn="5750">yet</s> the <sn="3254">more</s><sn="5921">for</s> his <sn="2472">dreams</s>, and <sn="5921">for</s> his <sn="1697">words</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And he <sn="2492">dreamed</s><sn="5750">yet</s><sn="312">another</s><sn="2472">dream</s>, and <sn="5608">told</s> it his <sn="251">brethren</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I have <sn="2492">dreamed</s> a <sn="2472">dream</s><sn="5750">more</s>; and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="8121">sun</s> and the <sn="3394">moon</s> and the <sn="259 6240">eleven</s><sn="3556">stars</s> made <sn="7812">obeisance</s> to me. </v>
<vn='10'>And he <sn="5608">told</s> it <sn="413">to</s> his <sn="1">father</s>, and <sn="413">to</s> his <sn="251">brethren</s>: and his <sn="1">father</s><sn="1605">rebuked</s> him, and <sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="4100">What</s> is <sn="2088">this</s><sn="2472">dream</s><sn="834">that</s> thou hast <sn="2492">dreamed</s>? Shall <sn="589">I</s> and thy <sn="517">mother</s> and thy <sn="251">brethren</s> indeed <sn="935 935">come</s> to bow down <sn="7812">ourselves</s> to thee to the <sn="776">earth</s>? </v>
<vn='11'>And his <sn="251">brethren</s><sn="7065">envied</s> him; but his <sn="1">father</s><sn="8104">observed</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">saying</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And his <sn="251">brethren</s><sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="7462">feed</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="6629">flock</s> in <sn="7927">Shechem</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3130">Joseph</s>, Do <sn="3808">not</s> thy <sn="251">brethren</s><sn="7462">feed</s> the flock in <sn="7927">Shechem</s>? <sn="1980">come</s>, and I will <sn="7971">send</s> thee <sn="413">unto</s> them. And he <sn="559">said</s> to him, <sn="2009">Here</s> am I. </v>
<vn='14'>And he <sn="559">said</s> to him, <sn="1980">Go</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, <sn="7200">see</s> whether <sn="*853"></s> it be <sn="7965">well</s> with thy <sn="251">brethren</s>, and <sn="7965">well</s> with the <sn="6629">flocks</s>; and <sn="7725">bring</s> me <sn="1697">word</s> again. So he <sn="7971">sent</s> him out of the <sn="4480 6010">vale</s> of <sn="2275">Hebron</s>, and he <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="7927">Shechem</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And a certain <sn="376">man</s><sn="4672">found</s> him, and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, he was <sn="8582">wandering</s> in the <sn="7704">field</s>: and the <sn="376">man</s><sn="7592">asked</s> him, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="4100">What</s><sn="1245">seekest</s> thou? </v>
<vn='16'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="595">I</s><sn="1245">seek</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="251">brethren</s>: <sn="5046">tell</s> me, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, <sn="375">where</s><sn="1992">they</s><sn="7462">feed</s> their flocks. </v>
<vn='17'>And the <sn="376">man</s><sn="559">said</s>, They are <sn="5265">departed</s><sn="4480 2088">hence</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> I <sn="8085">heard</s> them <sn="559">say</s>, Let us <sn="1980">go</s> to <sn="1886">Dothan</s>. And <sn="3130">Joseph</s><sn="1980">went</s><sn="310">after</s> his <sn="251">brethren</s>, and <sn="4672">found</s> them in <sn="1886">Dothan</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And when they <sn="7200">saw</s> him afar <sn="4480 7350">off</s>, even <sn="2962">before</s> he came <sn="7126">near</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, they <sn="5230">conspired</s> against him to <sn="4191">slay</s> him. </v>
<vn='19'>And they <sn="559">said</s><sn="376">one</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="251">another</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="1976">this</s><sn="1167 2472">dreamer</s><sn="935">cometh</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="1980">Come</s><sn="6258">now</s> therefore, and let us <sn="2026">slay</s> him, and <sn="7993">cast</s> him into <sn="259">some</s><sn="953">pit</s>, and we will <sn="559">say</s>, Some <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="2416">beast</s> hath <sn="398">devoured</s> him: and we shall <sn="7200">see</s><sn="4100">what</s> will <sn="1961">become</s> of his <sn="2472">dreams</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="7205">Reuben</s><sn="8085">heard</s> it, and he <sn="5337">delivered</s> him out of their <sn="4480 3027">hands</s>; and <sn="559">said</s>, Let us <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5221">kill</s> him. </v>
<vn='22'>And <sn="7205">Reuben</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="8210">Shed</s><sn="408">no</s><sn="1818">blood</s>, but <sn="7993">cast</s> him <sn="413">into</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="953">pit</s><sn="834">that</s> is in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>, and <sn="7971">lay</s><sn="408">no</s><sn="3027">hand</s> upon him; <sn="4616">that</s> he might <sn="5337">rid</s> him out of their <sn="4480 3027">hands</s>, to <sn="7725">deliver</s> him <sn="413">to</s> his <sn="1">father</s> again. </v>
<vn='23'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, <sn="834">when</s><sn="3130">Joseph</s> was <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">unto</s> his <sn="251">brethren</s>, that they <sn="6584">stripped</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3130">Joseph</s> out of <sn="*853"></s> his <sn="3801">coat</s>, his <sn="*853"></s><sn="3801">coat</s> of many <sn="6446">colors</s><sn="834">that</s> was <sn="5921">on</s> him; </v>
<vn='24'>And they <sn="3947">took</s> him, and <sn="7993">cast</s> him into a <sn="953">pit</s>: and the <sn="953">pit</s> was <sn="7386">empty</s>, there was <sn="369">no</s><sn="4325">water</s> in it. </v>
<vn='25'>And they sat <sn="3427">down</s> to <sn="398">eat</s><sn="3899">bread</s>: and they lifted <sn="5375">up</s> their <sn="5869">eyes</s> and <sn="7200">looked</s>, and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, a <sn="736">company</s> of <sn="3459">Ishmaelites</s><sn="935">came</s> from <sn="4480 1568">Gilead</s> with their <sn="1581">camels</s><sn="5375">bearing</s><sn="5219">spicery</s> and <sn="6875">balm</s> and <sn="3910">myrrh</s>, <sn="1980">going</s> to carry it <sn="3381">down</s> to <sn="4714">Egypt</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> his <sn="251">brethren</s>, <sn="4100">What</s><sn="1215">profit</s> is it <sn="3588">if</s> we <sn="2026">slay</s><sn="*853"></s> our <sn="251">brother</s>, and <sn="3680">conceal</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="1818">blood</s>? </v>
<vn='27'><sn="1980">Come</s>, and let us <sn="4376">sell</s> him to the <sn="3459">Ishmaelites</s>, and let <sn="408">not</s> our <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="1961">be</s> upon him; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1931">he</s> is our <sn="251">brother</s> and our <sn="1320">flesh</s>. And his <sn="251">brethren</s> were <sn="8085">content</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>Then there passed <sn="5674">by</s><sn="376 4084">Midianites</s><sn="5503">merchantmen</s>; and they <sn="4900">drew</s> and lifted <sn="5927">up</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3130">Joseph</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="953">pit</s>, and <sn="4376">sold</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3130">Joseph</s> to the <sn="3459">Ishmaelites</s> for <sn="6242">twenty</s> pieces of <sn="3701">silver</s>: and they <sn="935">brought</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3130">Joseph</s> into <sn="4714">Egypt</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>And <sn="7205">Reuben</s><sn="7725">returned</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="953">pit</s>; and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, <sn="3130">Joseph</s> was <sn="369">not</s> in the <sn="953">pit</s>; and he <sn="7167">rent</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="899">clothes</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>And he <sn="7725">returned</s><sn="413">unto</s> his <sn="251">brethren</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, The <sn="3206">child</s> is <sn="369">not</s>; and <sn="589">I</s>, <sn="575">whither</s> shall <sn="589">I</s><sn="935">go</s>? </v>
<vn='31'>And they <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3130">Joseph</s> 's <sn="3801">coat</s>, and <sn="7819">killed</s> a <sn="8163">kid</s> of the <sn="5795">goats</s>, and <sn="2881">dipped</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3801">coat</s> in the <sn="1818">blood</s>; </v>
<vn='32'>And they <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3801">coat</s> of many <sn="6446">colors</s>, and they <sn="935">brought</s> it <sn="413">to</s> their <sn="1">father</s>; and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2063">This</s> have we <sn="4672">found</s>: <sn="5234">know</s><sn="4994">now</s> whether <sn="1931">it</s> be thy <sn="1121">son</s> 's <sn="3801">coat</s><sn="518">or</s><sn="3808">no</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>And he <sn="5234">knew</s> it, and <sn="559">said</s>, It is my <sn="1121">son</s> 's <sn="3801">coat</s>; an <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="2416">beast</s> hath <sn="398">devoured</s> him; <sn="3130">Joseph</s> is without doubt rent in <sn="2963 2963">pieces</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>And <sn="3290">Jacob</s><sn="7167">rent</s> his <sn="8071">clothes</s>, and <sn="7760">put</s><sn="8242">sackcloth</s> upon his <sn="4975">loins</s>, and <sn="56">mourned</s><sn="5921">for</s> his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="7227">many</s><sn="3117">days</s>. </v>
<vn='35'>And <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="1121">sons</s> and <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="1323">daughters</s> rose <sn="6965">up</s> to <sn="5162">comfort</s> him; but he <sn="3985">refused</s> to be <sn="5162">comforted</s>; and he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3588">For</s> I will go <sn="3381">down</s> into the <sn="7585">grave</s><sn="413">unto</s> my <sn="1121">son</s><sn="57">mourning</s>. Thus his <sn="1">father</s><sn="1058">wept</s> for him. </v>
<vn='36'>And the <sn="4092">Midianites</s><sn="4376">sold</s> him <sn="413">into</s><sn="4714">Egypt</s> unto <sn="6318">Potiphar</s>, an <sn="5631">officer</s> of <sn="6547">Pharaoh</s> 's, and <sn="8269">captain</s> of the <sn="2876">guard</s>. </v>