CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Genesis 37 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/genesis/37.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/genesis/37-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Genesis 37</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/36.htm" title="Genesis 36">◄</a> Genesis 37 <a href="../genesis/38.htm" title="Genesis 38">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">Joseph and His Brothers</h3><p class="par"><span class="v0_37_1"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.1" class="v0_37_1">1</span>Jacob continued to live in the land of Canaan, where his father had lived, </span><span class="v0_37_2"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.2" class="v0_37_2">2</span>and this is the story of Jacob's family.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_37_2">Joseph, a young man of seventeen, took care of the sheep and goats with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's concubines. He brought bad reports to his father about what his brothers were doing.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_37_3"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.3" class="v0_37_3">3</span>Jacob loved Joseph more than all his other sons, because he had been born to him when he was old. He made a long robe with full sleeves<a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.37.3!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> for him. </span><span class="v0_37_4"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.4" class="v0_37_4">4</span>When his brothers saw that their father loved Joseph more than he loved them, they hated their brother so much that they would not speak to him in a friendly manner.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_37_5"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.5" class="v0_37_5">5</span>One time Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more. </span><span class="v0_37_6"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.6" class="v0_37_6">6</span>He said, “Listen to the dream I had. </span><span class="v0_37_7"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.7" class="v0_37_7">7</span>We were all in the field tying up sheaves of wheat, when my sheaf got up and stood up straight. Yours formed a circle around mine and bowed down to it.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_37_8"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.8" class="v0_37_8">8</span>“Do you think you are going to be a king and rule over us?” his brothers asked. So they hated him even more because of his dreams and because of what he said about them.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_37_9"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.9" class="v0_37_9">9</span>Then Joseph had another dream and told his brothers, “I had another dream, in which I saw the sun, the moon, and eleven stars bowing down to me.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_37_10"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.10" class="v0_37_10">10</span>He also told the dream to his father, and his father scolded him: “What kind of a dream is that? Do you think that your mother, your brothers, and I are going to come and bow down to you?” </span><span class="v0_37_11"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.11" class="v0_37_11">11</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.37.11!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Joseph's brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept thinking about the whole matter.</span></p><h3 class="s">Joseph Is Sold and Taken to Egypt</h3><p class="par"><span class="v0_37_12"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.12" class="v0_37_12">12</span>One day when Joseph's brothers had gone to Shechem to take care of their father's flock, </span><span class="v0_37_13"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.13" class="v0_37_13">13</span>Jacob said to Joseph, “I want you to go to Shechem, where your brothers are taking care of the flock.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_37_13">Joseph answered, “I am ready.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_37_14"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.14" class="v0_37_14">14</span>His father told him, “Go and see if your brothers are safe and if the flock is all right; then come back and tell me.” So his father sent him on his way from Hebron Valley.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_37_14">Joseph arrived at Shechem </span><span class="v0_37_15"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.15" class="v0_37_15">15</span>and was wandering around in the country when a man saw him and asked him, “What are you looking for?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_37_16"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.16" class="v0_37_16">16</span>“I am looking for my brothers, who are taking care of their flock,” he answered. “Can you tell me where they are?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_37_17"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.17" class="v0_37_17">17</span>The man said, “They have already left. I heard them say that they were going to Dothan.” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_37_18"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.18" class="v0_37_18">18</span>They saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted against him and decided to kill him. </span><span class="v0_37_19"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.19" class="v0_37_19">19</span>They said to one another, “Here comes that dreamer. </span><span class="v0_37_20"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.20" class="v0_37_20">20</span>Come on now, let's kill him and throw his body into one of the dry wells. We can say that a wild animal killed him. Then we will see what becomes of his dreams.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_37_21"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.21" class="v0_37_21">21</span>Reuben heard them and tried to save Joseph. “Let's not kill him,” he said. </span><span class="v0_37_22"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.22" class="v0_37_22">22</span>“Just throw him into this well in the wilderness, but don't hurt him.” He said this, planning to save him from them and send him back to his father. </span><span class="v0_37_23"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.23" class="v0_37_23">23</span>When Joseph came up to his brothers, they ripped off his long robe with full sleeves.<a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.37.23!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v0_37_24"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.24" class="v0_37_24">24</span>Then they took him and threw him into the well, which was dry.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_37_25"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.25" class="v0_37_25">25</span>While they were eating, they suddenly saw a group of Ishmaelites traveling from Gilead to Egypt. Their camels were loaded with spices and resins. </span><span class="v0_37_26"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.26" class="v0_37_26">26</span>Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain by killing our brother and covering up the murder? </span><span class="v0_37_27"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.27" class="v0_37_27">27</span>Let's sell him to these Ishmaelites. Then we won't have to hurt him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.” His brothers agreed, </span><span class="v0_37_28"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.28" class="v0_37_28">28</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.37.28!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> and when some Midianite traders came by, the brothers<a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.37.28!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> pulled Joseph out of the well and sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_37_29"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.29" class="v0_37_29">29</span>When Reuben came back to the well and found that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes in sorrow. </span><span class="v0_37_30"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.30" class="v0_37_30">30</span>He returned to his brothers and said, “The boy is not there! What am I going to do?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_37_31"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.31" class="v0_37_31">31</span>Then they killed a goat and dipped Joseph's robe in its blood. </span><span class="v0_37_32"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.32" class="v0_37_32">32</span>They took the robe to their father and said, “We found this. Does it belong to your son?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_37_33"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.33" class="v0_37_33">33</span>He recognized it and said, “Yes, it is his! Some wild animal has killed him. My son Joseph has been torn to pieces!” </span><span class="v0_37_34"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.34" class="v0_37_34">34</span>Jacob tore his clothes in sorrow and put on sackcloth. He mourned for his son a long time. </span><span class="v0_37_35"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.35" class="v0_37_35">35</span>All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “I will go down to the world of the dead still mourning for my son.” So he continued to mourn for his son Joseph.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_37_36"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.37.36" class="v0_37_36">36</span>Meanwhile, in Egypt the Midianites had sold Joseph to Potiphar, one of the king's officers, who was the captain of the palace guard.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">37.3: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">robe with full sleeves; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">decorated robe.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">37.23: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">robe with full sleeves; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">decorated robe.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">37.28: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the brothers; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">they.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. All rights reserved.</span></p> <p class="yiv9003199930MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Bible text from the Good News Translation (GNT) is not to be reproduced in copies or otherwise by any means except as permitted in writing by American Bible Society, 101 North Independence Mall East, Floor 8, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2155 (<a href="http://www.americanbible.org">www.americanbible.org</a>). Learn more at <a href="http://www.gnt.bible">www.gnt.bible</a> . Discover .BIBLE resources for your ministry at <a href="http://www.get.bible/gnt">www.get.bible/gnt</a></span></p><br /><br /><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /><br /><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../genesis/36.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Genesis 36"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Genesis 36" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../genesis/38.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Genesis 38"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Genesis 38" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/genesis/37-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>