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Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
Come, let us sell him to
the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And
they agreed.
Then there passed by Midianites
merchantmen; and
they drew and lifted up Joseph out of
the pit, and sold Joseph to
the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and
they brought Joseph into Egypt.
So when
the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of
the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to
the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
And
Reuben returned unto
the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in
the pit; and he rent his clothes.
When
Reuben returned to
the pit and saw that Joseph was not
there, he
tore his clothes,
And he returned unto his brethren, and said,
The child is not; and I,
whither shall I go?
returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”
And
they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a
kid of
the goats, and
dipped the coat in
the blood;
Then they took Joseph’s
robe, slaughtered a young goat, and
dipped the robe in its blood.
And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no.
They sent
the robe of many colors to
their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s
robe or not.”
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put
sackcloth upon his loins, and
mourned for his son many days.
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into
the grave unto my son
mourning. Thus his father
wept for him.
All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to
Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father
wept for him.
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.
Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.
And Judah saw
there a daughter of a certain
Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
There Judah saw
the daughter of a
Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and
slept with her.
And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
And Er, Judah’s
firstborn, was wicked in
the sight of
the LORD; and
the LORD
slew him.
But Er, Judah’s
firstborn, was wicked in
the sight of
the LORD; so
the LORD put him to death.
And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”
And Onan knew that
the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he
spilled it on
the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
But Onan knew that
the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would
spill his seed on
the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.
And
the thing which he did displeased
the LORD: wherefore he
slew him also.
What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.
Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest
peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
After a long time Judah’s wife,
the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished
mourning, he and his friend Hirah
the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.
And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a
vail, and
wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by
the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a
veil to
disguise herself, and sat at
the entrance to Enaim, which is on
the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.
And he turned unto her by
the way, and said, Go to, I pray
thee, let me come in unto
thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What
wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
Not
realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.
And he said, I will send
thee a
kid from
the flock. And she said,
Wilt thou give me a
pledge, till thou send it?
“I will send you a young goat from my flock,” Judah answered. But she replied, “Only if you leave me something as a
pledge until you send it.”
And he said, What
pledge shall I give
thee? And she said, Thy
signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
“What
pledge should I give you?” he asked. She answered, “Your seal and your cord, and
the staff in your hand.” So he gave
them to her and
slept with her, and she became
pregnant by him.
And she arose, and went away, and laid by her
vail from her, and put on
the garments of her
widowhood.
Then Tamar got up and departed. And she removed her
veil and put on her widow’s garments again.
And Judah sent
the kid by
the hand of his friend
the Adullamite, to receive his
pledge from
the woman’s hand: but he found her not.
Now when Judah sent his friend Hirah the Adullamite with the young goat to collect the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.
Then he asked
the men of that place, saying, Where is
the harlot, that was openly by
the way side? And
they said,
There was no
harlot in this place.
And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also
the men of
the place said, that
there was no
harlot in this place.
So Hirah returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and
furthermore,
the men of that place said, ‘No
shrine prostitute has been here.’”
And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this
kid, and thou hast not found her.
“Let her keep
the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a
laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”
And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played
the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by
whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has
prostituted herself, and now she is
pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By
the man, whose
these are, am I with child: and she said,
Discern, I pray
thee, whose are
these,
the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
As she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am
pregnant by
the man to whom
these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine
them. Whose seal and cord and staff are
these?”
And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.
And it came to pass in
the time of her
travail, that, behold, twins were in her
womb.
When
the time came for Tamar to give birth,
there were twins in her
womb.
And it came to pass, when she
travailed, that
the one put out his hand: and
the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first,
And as she was giving birth, one of
them put out his hand; so
the midwife took a scarlet thread and
tied it around his
wrist. “This one came out first,” she
announced.
And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named
Perez.
And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
Then his brother came out with
the scarlet thread around his
wrist, and he was named Zerah.
And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of
the guard, bought him from
the Ishmaelites who had taken him
there.
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
And his master saw that
the LORD was with him, and that
the LORD made all that he did to
prosper in his hand.
When his master saw that
the LORD was with him and made him
prosper in all he did,
And it came to pass from
the time that he had made him
overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that
the LORD blessed
the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and
the blessing of
the LORD was upon all that he had in
the house, and in
the field.
From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.
And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.
So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not
concern himself with anything except
the food he
ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,
And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master
wotteth not what is with me in
the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not
concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.
There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
No one in this house is greater than I am. He has
withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”
And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.
And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
When she saw that he had left his
cloak in her hand and had run out of
the house,
That she called unto
the men of her house, and spake unto
them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to
mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I
cried with a loud voice:
she called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make
sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I
screamed as loud as I could.
And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and
cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.
When he heard me
scream for help, he left his
cloak beside me and ran out of
the house.”
And she spake unto him according to
these words, saying,
The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to
mock me:
Then she told him
the same story: “
The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make
sport of me,
And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and
cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.
but when I
screamed for help, he left his
cloak beside me and ran out of
the house.”
And it came to pass, when his master heard
the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was
kindled.
When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.
And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,
But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in
the eyes of
the prison
warden.
And
the keeper of
the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all
the prisoners that were in
the prison; and
whatsoever they did
there, he was
the doer of it.
And
the warden put all
the prisoners under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in
the prison.
The keeper of
the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because
the LORD was with him, and that which he did,
the LORD made it to
prosper.
The warden did not
concern himself with anything under Joseph’s care, because
the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.
And it came to pass after
these things, that
the butler of
the king of Egypt and his
baker had
offended their lord
the king of Egypt.
And Pharaoh was
wroth against two of his officers, against
the chief of
the butlers, and against
the chief of
the bakers.
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.
And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
The captain of
the guard assigned
them to Joseph, and he became
their personal
attendant. After
they had been in
custody for some time,
And
they dreamed a dream both of
them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to
the interpretation of his dream,
the butler and
the baker of
the king of Egypt, which were bound in
the prison.
both of
these men—
the Egyptian king’s
cupbearer and
baker, who were being held in
the prison—had a dream on
the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.
And Joseph came in unto
them in
the morning, and looked upon
them, and, behold,
they were
sad.
When Joseph came to
them in
the morning, he saw that
they were
distraught.
And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in
the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so
sadly to day?
So he asked
the officials of Pharaoh who were in
custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so
downcast today?”
And
they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and
there is no
interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto
them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me
them, I pray you.
“We both had dreams,”
they replied, “but
there is no one to
interpret them.”
Then Joseph said to
them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”
And
the chief
butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;
So
the chief
cupbearer told Joseph his dream: “In my dream
there was a vine before me,
And in
the vine were three branches: and it was as though it
budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and
the clusters
thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
and on
the vine were three branches. As it
budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters
ripened into grapes.
And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.
Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took
the grapes,
squeezed them into his cup, and placed
the cup in his hand.”
And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:
Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore
thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after
the former manner when thou
wast his
butler.
Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his
cupbearer.
But think on me when it shall be well with
thee, and
shew kindness, I pray
thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
But when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison.
For indeed I was
stolen away out of
the land of
the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that
they should put me into
the dungeon.
For I was
kidnapped from
the land of
the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which
they should have put me in this
dungeon.”
When
the chief
baker saw that
the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:
When
the chief
baker saw that
the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream:
There were three baskets of white bread on my head.
In
the top
basket were all sorts of
baked goods for Pharaoh, but
the birds were eating
them out of
the basket on my head.”
And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off
thee, and shall
hang thee on a tree; and
the birds shall eat thy flesh from off
thee.
Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and
hang you on a tree.
Then the birds will eat
the flesh of your body.”
And it came to pass
the third day, which was Pharaoh’s
birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up
the head of
the chief
butler and of
the chief
baker among his servants.
On
the third day, which was Pharaoh’s
birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in
their presence he lifted up
the heads of
the chief
cupbearer and
the chief
baker.
And he restored
the chief
butler unto his
butlership again; and he gave
the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:
Pharaoh restored
the chief
cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed
the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.
But he
hanged the chief
baker: as Joseph had interpreted to
them.
But Pharaoh
hanged the chief
baker, just as Joseph had described to
them in his interpretation.
Yet did not
the chief
butler remember Joseph, but
forgat him.
The chief
cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he
forgot all about him.
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,
And, behold,
there came up out of
the river seven well favoured
kine and fatfleshed; and
they fed in a
meadow.
when seven cows,
sleek and well-fed, came up from
the river and began to
graze among
the reeds.
And, behold, seven other
kine came up after
them out of
the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by
the other
kine upon
the brink of
the river.
After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river.
And
the ill favoured and leanfleshed
kine did eat up
the seven well favoured and fat
kine. So Pharaoh
awoke.
And
the cows that were sickly and thin
devoured the seven
sleek, well-fed cows.
Then Pharaoh
woke up,
And he
slept and dreamed
the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one
stalk, rank and good.
but he fell back
asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain,
plump and ripe, came up on one
stalk.
And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
After
them, seven other heads of grain
sprouted, thin and
scorched by
the east wind.
And
the seven thin ears
devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh
awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
And
the thin heads of grain
swallowed up
the seven
plump, ripe ones.
Then Pharaoh
awoke and realized it was a dream.
And it came to pass in
the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all
the magicians of Egypt, and all
the wise men
thereof: and Pharaoh told
them his dream; but
there was none that could
interpret them unto Pharaoh.
In
the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all
the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told
them his dreams, but no one could
interpret them for him.
Then spake
the chief
butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
Then the chief
cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “
Today I recall my failures.
Pharaoh was
wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in
the captain of
the guard’s house, both me and
the chief
baker:
Pharaoh was once
angry with his servants, and he put me and
the chief
baker in
the custody of
the captain of
the guard.
And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
One night both
the chief
baker and I had dreams, and each dream had its own meaning.
And
there was
there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to
the captain of
the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did
interpret.
Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams and he interpreted them for us individually.
And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he
hanged.
And it happened to us just as he had interpreted: I was restored to my position, and
the other man was
hanged.”
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and
they brought him
hastily out of
the dungeon: and he
shaved himself, and changed his
raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of
the dungeon. After he had
shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and
there is none that can
interpret it: and I have heard say of
thee, that thou canst understand a dream to
interpret it.
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can
interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can
interpret it.”
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,
And, behold,
there came up out of
the river seven
kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and
they fed in a
meadow:
when seven cows, well-fed and
sleek, came up from
the river and began to
graze among
the reeds.
And, behold, seven other
kine came up after
them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all
the land of Egypt for badness:
After
them, seven other cows—sickly,
ugly, and thin—came up. I have never seen such
ugly cows in all
the land of Egypt!
And
the lean and
the ill favoured
kine did eat up
the first seven fat
kine:
Then the thin,
ugly cows
devoured the seven well-fed cows that were
there first.
And when
they had eaten
them up, it could not be known that
they had eaten
them; but
they were still ill favoured, as at
the beginning. So I
awoke.
When
they had
devoured them, however, no one could tell that
they had done so;
their appearance was as
ugly as it had been before.
Then I
awoke.
And, behold, seven ears,
withered, thin, and blasted with
the east wind, sprung up after
them:
And
the thin ears
devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto
the magicians; but
there was none that could declare it to me.
And
the thin heads of grain
swallowed the seven
plump ones. I told this dream to
the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.”
And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
At this, Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do.
The seven good
kine are seven years; and
the seven good ears are seven years:
the dream is one.
The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads of grain are seven years. The dreams have the same meaning.
And
the seven thin and ill favoured
kine that came up after
them are seven years; and
the seven empty ears blasted with
the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
Moreover,
the seven thin,
ugly cows that came up after
them are seven years, and so are
the seven worthless heads of grain
scorched by
the east wind—
they are seven years of famine.