1 雅各住在他父亲寄居的地方， 就是迦南地。 2 雅各的历史记在下面： 约瑟十七岁的时候， 与他的哥哥们一同牧羊。他是个孩童， 与他父亲的妾， 辟拉和悉帕的众子， 常在一起。约瑟把他们的恶行报告给父亲。 3 以色列爱约瑟过于爱其他的儿子， 因为约瑟是他年老时生的。他给约瑟做了一件彩色长衣。 4 约瑟的哥哥们见父亲爱约瑟过于爱他们， 就恨约瑟， 不能与他和和气气地说话。 5 约瑟作了一个梦， 把梦告诉哥哥们， 他们就越发恨他。 6 约瑟对他们说： "请听我所作的这个梦： 7 我们正在田间捆麦子， 我的麦捆忽然站立起来， 你们的麦捆都来围着我的下拜。" 8 他的哥哥们对他说： "你真的要作我们的王吗？真的要管辖我们吗？"他们就为了约瑟的梦和他的话， 越发恨他。 9 后来约瑟又作了一个梦， 也把梦向哥哥们述说了。他说： "我又作了一个梦， 我梦见太阳、月亮和十一颗星向我下拜。" 10 约瑟把梦向他父亲和哥哥们述说了， 他父亲就斥责他， 说： "你所作的这梦是什么梦呢？我和你母亲， 以及你的兄弟， 真的要来俯伏在地向你下拜吗？" 11 他哥哥们都嫉妒他， 他父亲却把这事记在心里。 12 约瑟的哥哥们去了示剑， 牧放他们父亲的羊群。 13 以色列对约瑟说： "你的哥哥们不是在示剑牧放羊群吗？来吧， 我要派你到他们那里去。"约瑟回答他： "我在这里。" 14 以色列对他说： "你去看看你的哥哥们是不是平安， 羊群是不是平安， 就回来告诉我。"于是打发他离开希伯仑谷， 他就到示剑去了。 15 有人遇见约瑟在田间迷了路， 就问他说： "你找什么？" 16 他回答： "我正在找我的哥哥们， 请你告诉我他们在哪里牧放羊群。" 17 那人说： "他们已经离开了这里； 我听见他们说： ‘我们要到多坍去。’"于是约瑟去追寻哥哥们， 结果在多坍找到了他们。 18 他们远远就看见了他； 趁他还没有走近， 大家就谋害他， 要把他杀死。 19 他们彼此说： "看哪， 那作梦的人来了。 20 来吧， 我们把他杀了， 丢在一个枯井里， 就说有猛兽把他吃了。我们要看看他的梦将来要怎么样。" 21 流本听见了， 要救约瑟脱离他们的手。他说： "我们不可取他的性命。" 22 流本又对他们说： "不可流他的血， 可以把他丢在这旷野的枯井里， 不可下手害他。"流本的意思是要救他脱离他们的手， 把他带回去给他的父亲。 23 约瑟到了哥哥们那里， 他们就脱去他的外衣， 就是他穿在身上的那件彩衣。 24 他们拿住约瑟， 把他丢在枯井里。那井是空的， 里面没有水。 25 他们坐下吃饭， 举目观看， 见有一群以实玛利人从基列来。他们的骆驼载着香料、乳香和没药， 要带下埃及去。 26 犹大对他的众兄弟说： "我们杀了我们的兄弟， 把他的血隐藏起来， 究竟有什么益处呢？ 27 我们不如把他卖给以实玛利人， 不要下手害他， 因为他是我们的兄弟， 我们的骨肉。"众兄弟就听从了他。 28 有些米甸的商人经过那里， 约瑟的哥哥们就把约瑟从枯井里拉上来， 以二十块银子把他卖给以实玛利人。以实玛利人就把约瑟带到埃及去了。 29 流本回到枯井那里， 见约瑟不在井里， 就撕裂自己的衣服。 30 他回到兄弟们那里去， 说： "孩子不见了， 我可到哪里去呢？" 31 于是， 他们宰了一只公山羊， 把约瑟的长衣蘸在血里； 32 然后打发人把彩衣送到他们父亲那里， 说： "这是我们找到的。请你认一认， 是你儿子的长衣不是？" 33 他认出这件长衣， 就说： "是我儿子的长衣， 有猛兽把他吃了。约瑟真的被撕碎了。" 34 雅各就撕裂自己的衣服， 腰束麻布， 为他儿子哀悼了很多日子。 35 他所有的儿女都起来安慰他， 他却不肯接受他们的安慰， 说： "我要悲悲哀哀地下到阴间， 到我的儿子那里去。"约瑟的父亲就为他哀哭。 36 米甸人后来把约瑟卖到埃及去， 卖给法老的一个臣宰， 军长波提乏。

1 And Jacob dwelleth in the land of his father`s sojournings -- in the land of Canaan.2 These [are] births of Jacob: Joseph, a son of seventeen years, hath been enjoying himself with his brethren among the flock, (and he [is] a youth,) with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father`s wives, and Joseph bringeth in an account of their evil unto their father.3 And Israel hath loved Joseph more than any of his sons, for he [is] a son of his old age, and hath made for him a long coat;4 and his brethren see that their father hath loved him more than any of his brethren, and they hate him, and have not been able to speak [to] him peaceably.5 And Joseph dreameth a dream, and declareth to his brethren, and they add still more to hate him.6 And he saith unto them, `Hear ye, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:7 that, lo, we are binding bundles in the midst of the field, and lo, my bundle hath arisen, and hath also stood up, and lo, your bundles are round about, and bow themselves to my bundle.`8 And his brethren say to him, `Dost thou certainly reign over us? dost thou certainly rule over us?` and they add still more to hate him, for his dreams, and for his words.9 And he dreameth yet another dream, and recounteth it to his brethren, and saith, `Lo, I have dreamed a dream again, and lo, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars, are bowing themselves to me.`10 And he recounteth unto his father, and unto his brethren; and his father pusheth against him, and saith to him, `What [is] this dream which thou hast dreamt? do we certainly come -- I, and thy mother, and thy brethren -- to bow ourselves to thee, to the earth?`11 and his brethren are zealous against him, and his father hath watched the matter.12 And his brethren go to feed the flock of their father in Shechem,13 and Israel saith unto Joseph, `Are not thy brethren feeding in Shechem? come, and I send thee unto them;` and he saith to him, `Here [am] I;`14 and he saith to him, `Go, I pray thee, see the peace of thy brethren, and the peace of the flock, and bring me back word;` and he sendeth him from the valley of Hebron, and he cometh to Shechem.15 And a man findeth him, and lo, he is wandering in the field, and the man asketh him, saying, `What seekest thou?`16 and he saith, `My brethren I am seeking, declare to me, I pray thee, where they are feeding?`17 And the man saith, `They have journeyed from this, for I have heard some saying, Let us go to Dothan,` and Joseph goeth after his brethren, and findeth them in Dothan.18 And they see him from afar, even before he draweth near unto them, and they conspire against him to put him to death.19 And they say one unto another, `Lo, this man of the dreams cometh;20 and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast hath devoured him; and we see what his dreams are.`21 And Reuben heareth, and delivereth him out of their hand, and saith, `Let us not smite the life;`22 and Reuben saith unto them, `Shed no blood; cast him into this pit which [is] in the wilderness, and put not forth a hand upon him,` -- in order to deliver him out of their hand, to bring him back unto his father.23 And it cometh to pass, when Joseph hath come unto his brethren, that they strip Joseph of his coat, the long coat which [is] upon him,24 and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit [is] empty, there is no water in it.25 And they sit down to eat bread, and they lift up their eyes, and look, and lo, a company of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, and their camels bearing spices, and balm, and myrrh, going to take [them] down to Egypt.26 And Judah saith unto his brethren, `What gain when we slay our brother, and have concealed his blood?27 Come, and we sell him to the Ishmaelites, and our hands are not on him, for he [is] our brother -- our flesh;` and his brethren hearken.28 And Midianite merchantmen pass by and they draw out and bring up Joseph out of the pit, and sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silverlings, and they bring Joseph into Egypt.29 And Reuben returneth unto the pit, and lo, Joseph is not in the pit, and he rendeth his garments,30 and he returneth unto his brethren, and saith, `The lad is not, and I -- whither am I going?`31 And they take the coat of Joseph, and slaughter a kid of the goats, and dip the coat in the blood,32 and send the long coat, and they bring [it] in unto their father, and say, `This have we found; discern, we pray thee, whether it [is] thy son`s coat or not?`33 And he discerneth it, and saith, `My son`s coat! an evil beast hath devoured him; torn -- torn is Joseph!`34 And Jacob rendeth his raiment, and putteth sackcloth on his loins, and becometh a mourner for his son many days,35 and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuseth to comfort himself, and saith, `For -- I go down mourning unto my son, to Sheol,` and his father weepeth for him.36 And the Medanites have sold him unto Egypt, to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners.