Genesis 37 Parallel Bible

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	SEP Brenton Septuagint Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	And Jacob dwelt in the land where his father sojourned, in the land of Chanaan.	Jacob lived in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan.	Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.
2	And these are the generations of Jacob. And Joseph was seventeen years old, feeding the sheep of his father with his brethren, being young; with the sons of Balla, and with the sons of Zelpha, the wives of his father; and Joseph brought to Israel their father their evil reproach.	These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father.	This is the account of Jacob’s family line. Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
3	And Jacob loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was to him the son of old age; and he made for him a coat of many colours.	Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors.	Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate robe for him.
4	And his brethren having seen that his father loved him more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak anything peaceable to him.	But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully to him.	When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
5	And Joseph dreamed a dream, and reported it to his brethren.	Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even more.	Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.
6	And he said to them, Hear this dream which I have dreamed.	He said to them, “Hear this dream that I have dreamed:	He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:
7	I thought ye were binding sheaves in the middle of the field, and my sheaf stood up and was erected, and your sheaves turned round, and did obeisance to my sheaf.	Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright. And behold, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf.”	We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.”
8	And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us, or shalt thou indeed be lord over us? And they hated him still more for his dreams and for his words.	His brothers said to him, “Are you indeed to reign over us? Or are you indeed to rule over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.	His brothers said to him, “Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?” And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he had said.
9	And he dreamed another dream, and related it to his father, and to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed another dream: as it were the sun, and the moon, and the eleven stars did me reverence.	Then he dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers and said, “Behold, I have dreamed another dream. Behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”	Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. “Listen,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
10	And his father rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream which thou hast dreamed? shall indeed both I and thy mother and thy brethren come and bow before thee to the earth?	But when he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves to the ground before you?”	When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”
11	And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.	And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.	His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
12	And his brethren went to feed the sheep of their father to Sychem.	Now his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near Shechem.	Now his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,
13	And Israel said to Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed their flock in Sychem? Come, I will send thee to them; and he said to him, Behold, I am here .	And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” And he said to him, “Here I am.”	and Israel said to Joseph, “As you know, your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I am going to send you to them.” “Very well,” he replied.
14	And Israel said to him, Go and see if thy brethren and the sheep are well, and bring me word; and he sent him out of the valley of Chebron, and he came to Sychem.	So he said to him, “Go now, see if it is well with your brothers and with the flock, and bring me word.” So he sent him from the Valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.	So he said to him, “Go and see if all is well with your brothers and with the flocks, and bring word back to me.” Then he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. When Joseph arrived at Shechem,
15	And a man found him wandering in the field; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?	And a man found him wandering in the fields. And the man asked him, “What are you seeking?”	a man found him wandering around in the fields and asked him, “What are you looking for?”
16	And he said, I am seeking my brethren; tell me where they feed their flocks .	“I am seeking my brothers,” he said. “Tell me, please, where they are pasturing the flock.”	He replied, “I’m looking for my brothers. Can you tell me where they are grazing their flocks?”
17	And the man said to him, They have departed hence, for I heard them saying, Let us go to Dothaim; and Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothaim.	And the man said, “They have gone away, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.	“They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them near Dothan.
18	And they spied him from a distance before he drew nigh to them, and they wickedly took counsel to slay him.	They saw him from afar, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him.	But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.
19	And each said to his brother, Behold, that dreamer comes.	They said to one another, “Here comes this dreamer.	“Here comes that dreamer!” they said to each other.
20	Now then come, let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits; and we will say, An evil wild beast has devoured him; and we shall see what his dreams will be.	Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. Then we will say that a fierce animal has devoured him, and we will see what will become of his dreams.”	“Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what comes of his dreams.”
21	And Ruben having heard it, rescued him out of their hands, and said, Let us not kill him.	But when Reuben heard it, he rescued him out of their hands, saying, “Let us not take his life.”	When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. “Let’s not take his life,” he said.
22	And Ruben said to them, Shed not blood; cast him into one of these pits in the wilderness, but do not lay your hands upon him; that he might rescue him out of their hands, and restore him to his father.	And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him”—that he might rescue him out of their hand to restore him to his father.	“Don’t shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father.
23	And it came to pass, when Joseph came to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his many-coloured coat that was upon him.	So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the robe of many colors that he wore.	So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe he was wearing—
24	And they took him and cast him into the pit; and the pit was empty, it had not water.	And they took him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.	and they took him and threw him into the cistern. The cistern was empty; there was no water in it.
25	And they sat down to eat bread; and having lifted up their eyes they beheld, and lo, Ismaelitish travellers came from Galaad, and their camels were heavily loaded with spices, and resin, and myrrh; and they went to bring them to Egypt.	Then they sat down to eat. And looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt.	As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, balm and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt.
26	And Judas said to his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?	Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?	Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
27	Come, let us sell him to these Ismaelites, but let not our hands be upon him, because he is our brother and our flesh; and his brethren hearkened.	Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers listened to him.	Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.” His brothers agreed.
28	And the men, the merchants of Madian, went by, and they drew and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ismaelites for twenty pieces of gold; and they brought Joseph down into Egypt.	Then Midianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt.	So when the Midianite merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
29	And Ruben returned to the pit, and sees not Joseph in the pit; and he rent his garments.	When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he tore his clothes	When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.
30	And he returned to his brethren and said, The boy is not; and I, whither am I yet to go?	and returned to his brothers and said, “The boy is gone, and I, where shall I go?”	He went back to his brothers and said, “The boy isn’t there! Where can I turn now?”
31	And having taken the coat of Joseph, they slew a kid of the goats, and stained the coat with the blood.	Then they took Joseph’s robe and slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood.	Then they got Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood.
32	And they sent the coat of many colours; and they brought it to their father, and said, This have we found; know if it be thy son's coat or no.	And they sent the robe of many colors and brought it to their father and said, “This we have found; please identify whether it is your son’s robe or not.”	They took the ornate robe back to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe.”
33	And he recognised it, and said, It is my son's coat, an evil wild beast has devoured him; a wild beast has carried off Joseph.	And he identified it and said, “It is my son’s robe. A fierce animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces.”	He recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! Some ferocious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces.”
34	And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.	Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.	Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days.
35	And all his sons and his daughters gathered themselves together, and came to comfort him; but he would not be comforted, saying, I will go down to my son mourning to Hades; and his father wept for him.	All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.	All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said, “I will continue to mourn until I join my son in the grave.” So his father wept for him.
36	And the Madianites sold Joseph into Egypt; to Petephres, the eunuch of Pharao, captain of the guard.	Meanwhile the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard.	Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard.
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