Genesis 37 NKJV

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And the lad <i>was</i> with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought a bad report of them to his father.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he <i>was</i> the son of his old age. Also he made him a tunic of <i>many</i> colors. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Now Joseph had a dream, and he told <i>it</i> to his brothers; and they hated him even more. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So he said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed: </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>There we were, binding sheaves in the field. Then behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and indeed your sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my sheaf.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And his brothers said to him, “Shall you indeed reign over us? Or shall you indeed have dominion over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then he dreamed still another dream and told it to his brothers, and said, “Look, I have dreamed another dream. And this time, the sun, the moon, and the eleven stars bowed down to me.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So he told <i>it</i> to his father and his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What <i>is</i> this dream that you have dreamed? Shall your mother and I and your brothers indeed come to bow down to the earth before you?” </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And his brothers envied him, but his father kept the matter <i>in mind.</i></span></p> <h3> Joseph Sold by His Brothers</span></h3><p><span class="text Gen-37-12"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then his brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers feeding <i>the flock</i> in Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.”</span></p><p><span class="text Gen-37-13">So he said to him, “Here I am.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then he said to him, “Please go and see if it is well with your brothers and well with the flocks, and bring back word to me.” So he sent him out of the Valley of Hebron, and he went to Shechem.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Now a certain man found him, and there he was, wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying, “What are you seeking?”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So he said, “I am seeking my brothers. Please tell me where they are feeding <i>their flocks.</i>”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And the man said, “They have departed from here, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’ ” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Now when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, they conspired against him to kill him. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then they said to one another, “Look, this <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>dreamer is coming! </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Come therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall see what will become of his dreams!”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But Reuben heard <i>it,</i> and he delivered him out of their hands, and said, “Let us not kill him.” </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood, <i>but</i> cast him into this pit which <i>is</i> in the wilderness, and do not lay a hand on him”—that he might deliver him out of their hands, and bring him back to his father.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>So it came to pass, when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph <i>of</i> his tunic, the tunic of <i>many</i> colors that <i>was</i> on him. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then they took him and cast him into a pit. And the pit <i>was</i> empty; <i>there was</i> no water in it.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And they sat down to eat a meal. Then they lifted their eyes and looked, and there was a company of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead with their camels, bearing spices, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry <i>them</i> down to Egypt. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>So Judah said to his brothers, “What profit <i>is there</i> if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he <i>is</i> our brother <i>and</i> our flesh.” And his brothers listened. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Then Midianite traders passed by; so <i>the brothers</i> pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty <i>shekels</i> of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Then Reuben returned to the pit, and indeed Joseph <i>was</i> not in the pit; and he tore his clothes. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And he returned to his brothers and said, “The lad <i>is</i> no <i>more;</i> and I, where shall I go?”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>So they took Joseph’s tunic, killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the tunic in the blood. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Then they sent the tunic of <i>many</i> colors, and they brought <i>it</i> to their father and said, “We have found this. Do you know whether it <i>is</i> your son’s tunic or not?”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And he recognized it and said, “<i>It is</i> my son’s tunic. A wild beast has devoured him. Without doubt Joseph is torn to pieces.” </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, “For I shall go down into the grave to my son in mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/37-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Now the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh <i>and</i> captain of the guard.</span></p> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-1085a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Genesis 37:1">Genesis 37:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>sojourner,</i> temporary resident</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-1103b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Genesis 37:19">Genesis 37:19</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>master of dreams</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-1120c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Genesis 37:36">Genesis 37:36</span> <span class='footnote-text'>MT <i>Medanites</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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