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And Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-3.htm" target="_top"><b>3</b></a></span>Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a varicolored tunic. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-4.htm" target="_top"><b>4</b></a></span>His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers; and <i>so</i> they hated him and could not speak to him on friendly terms.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-5.htm" target="_top"><b>5</b></a></span>Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>He said to them, Please listen to this dream which I have had; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf rose up and also stood erect; and behold, your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to my sheaf. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>Then his brothers said to him, Are you actually going to reign over us? Or are you really going to rule over us? So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>Now he had still another dream, and related it to his brothers, and said, Lo, I have had still another dream; and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>He related <i>it</i> to his father and to his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, What is this dream that you have had? Shall I and your mother and your brothers actually come to bow ourselves down before you to the ground? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying <i>in mind.</i><p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>Then his brothers went to pasture their fathers flock in Shechem. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers pasturing <i>the flock</i> in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them. And he said to him, I will go. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>Then he said to him, Go now and see about the welfare of your brothers and the welfare of the flock, and bring word back to me. So he sent him from the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>A man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, What are you looking for? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>He said, I am looking for my brothers; please tell me where they are pasturing <i>the flock.</i> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>Then the man said, They have moved from here; for I heard <i>them</i> say, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.<p> <font size="1"><br><br></font><font color="#000000"><b><i>The Plot against Joseph</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font>      <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>When they saw him from a distance and before he came close to them, they plotted against him to put him to death. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>They said to one another, Here comes this dreamer! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>Now then, come and let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; and we will say, A wild beast devoured him. Then let us see what will become of his dreams! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>But Reuben heard <i>this</i> and rescued him out of their hands and said, Let us not take his life. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>Reuben further said to them, Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but do not lay hands on himthat he might rescue him out of their hands, to restore him to his father. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>So it came about, when Joseph reached his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the varicolored tunic that was on him; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, without any water in it.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>Then they sat down to eat a meal. And as they raised their eyes and looked, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing aromatic gum and balm and myrrh, on their way to bring <i>them</i> down to Egypt. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>Judah said to his brothers, What profit is it for us to kill our brother and cover up his blood? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him, for he is our brother, our <i>own</i> flesh. And his brothers listened <i>to him.</i> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>Then some Midianite traders passed by, so they pulled <i>him</i> up and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty <i>shekels</i> of silver. Thus they brought Joseph into Egypt.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>Now Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; so he tore his garments. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>He returned to his brothers and said, The boy is not <i>there;</i> as for me, where am I to go? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>So they took Josephs tunic, and slaughtered a male goat and dipped the tunic in the blood; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-32.htm" target="_top"><b>32</b></a></span>and they sent the varicolored tunic and brought it to their father and said, We found this; please examine <i>it</i> to <i>see</i> whether it is your sons tunic or not. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-33.htm" target="_top"><b>33</b></a></span>Then he examined it and said, It is my sons tunic. A wild beast has devoured him; Joseph has surely been torn to pieces! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-34.htm" target="_top"><b>34</b></a></span>So Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-35.htm" target="_top"><b>35</b></a></span>Then all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, Surely I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my son. So his father wept for him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-36.htm" target="_top"><b>36</b></a></span>Meanwhile, the Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, Pharaohs officer, the captain of the bodyguard.<p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">NASB 1995 Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. 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