And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan.
These [are] Jacob’s generations. Joseph, [being] seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and he [was] a lad with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought their evil report to his father.
And Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he [was] son of his old age; and he gave him a coat of many colours.
And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren; and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told [it] to his brethren; and they hated him yet more.
And he said to them, Hear, pray, this dream which I have dreamed.
And, behold, we [were] binding sheaves in the midst of the field; and, behold, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about and bowed down to my sheaf.
And his brethren said to him, Wilt thou indeed reign over us? or wilt thou indeed rule over us? And they hated him yet more for his dreams, and for his words.
And he dreamed yet another dream and told [it] to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun, and the moon, and eleven stars bowed down to me.
And he told [it] to his father, and to his brethren. And his father rebuked him, and said to him, What [is] this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall indeed I and thy mother and thy brethren come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying.
And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
And Israel said to Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed [the flock] in Shechem? Come, that I may send thee to them. And he said to him, Here [am] I .
And he said to him, Go, pray, see after thy brethren’s welfare and the flocks’ welfare; and bring me word again. And he sent him out of the vale of Hebron; and he came to Shechem.
And a man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, pray, where they feed.
And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went to his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
And they saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to slay him.
And they said one to another , Behold, this master of dreams cometh.
And now come, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits; and we will say, An evil beast hath devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
And Reuben heard, and delivered him out of their hands, and said, Let us not take his life.
And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood: cast him into this pit that [is] in the wilderness; but lay no hand upon him (in order that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father).
And it came to pass, when Joseph was come to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of the colours that [was] on him;
and they took him and cast him into the pit; and the pit [was] empty: [there was] no water in it.
And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes, and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead; and their camels bore tragacanth and balsam and ladanum, going to carry it down to Egypt.
And Judah said to his brethren, What profit [is it] if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he [is] our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened.
And there passed by Midianitish men, merchants; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silver [pieces]; and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
And Reuben returned to the pit; and, behold, Joseph [was] not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
And he returned to his brethren and said, The child [is] not; and I, whither shall I go?
And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a buck of the goats and dipped the coat in the blood,
and they sent the coat of the colours, and they brought it to their father, and said, This have we found: know now whether it [be] thy son’s coat or not.
And he knew it, and said, [It is] my son’s coat: an evil beast hath devoured him; surely Joseph is torn in pieces.
And Jacob rent his clothes and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
And all his sons rose up, and all his daughters, to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, For I will go down to my son into Sheol mourning. And his father wept for him.
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, chamberlain of Pharaoh, captain of the guard .