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1 Jacob dwelt in the land of Canaan, where his father had lived as a foreigner.
2 This is the story of Jacob's family: When Joseph was seventeen years old, he shepherded the flocks with his brothers. He helped the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives; and told his father about their bad reputation.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other son, because he was born to him in his old age; That's why he ordered a long tunic to be made for him.
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4 When his brothers saw that their father liked him more than any other son, they hated him and could not talk to him in a friendly way.
5 Once, Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.
6 “Listen to the dream I had,” he told them.
7 “We were tying the sheaves of wheat in the field, when my sheaf rose up and stood upright, and your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.”
8 His brothers said to him, “So will you reign over us? Does that mean you will rule over us? ” And they hated him even more because of the dream and what he had said.
9 Then he had another dream and told his brothers: “I had another dream, and this time the sun, the moon and eleven stars bowed before me.”
10 When he told his father and brothers, his father reprimanded him and said: “What was that dream you had? Will I, your mother, and your brothers bow down to the ground before you? “
11 So his brothers were jealous of him; the father, however, reflected on that.
12 Joseph's brothers had gone to tend their father's flocks near Shechem,
13 and Israel said to Joseph, “As you know, your brothers are pasturing their flocks near Shechem. I want you to go there.” “Yes, sir,” he replied.
14 His father said to him: “Go and see if everything is all right with your brothers and the flocks, and bring me news.” Jacob sent him when he was in the valley of Hebron. But Joseph lost his way as he approached Shechem;
15 A man found him wandering in the fields and asked him, “What are you looking for? “
16 He replied: “I am looking for my brothers. Can you tell me where they are pasturing their flocks? “
17 The man replied: “They have already left here. I heard them say, 'Let's go to Dothan.' So Joseph went in search of his brothers and found them near Dothan.
18 But they saw him from afar, and before he arrived, they planned to kill him.
19 “Here comes that dreamer! “, they said to each other.
20 "And now! We will kill him and throw him into one of these wells, and we will say that a wild animal devoured him. We will then see what will become of your dreams. “
21 When Reuben heard this, he tried to free him from their hands, saying: “Let us not take his life! “
22 And he added: “Do not spill blood. Throw him into that well in the desert, but don’t touch him.” Reuben proposed this with the intention of freeing him and taking him back to his father.
23 When Joseph arrived, his brothers tore off his long coat,
24 They grabbed him and threw him into the well, which was empty and without water.
25 As they sat down to eat, they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead in the distance. Their camels were loaded with spices, balsam and myrrh, which they took to Egypt.
26 Judah then said to his brothers, “What will we gain if we kill our brother and hide his blood?
27 Let's sell it to the Ishmaelites. We will not touch him, after all he is our brother, he is our own blood.” And his brothers agreed.
28 When the Ishmaelite merchants of Midian approached, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the well and sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
29 When Reuben returned to the well and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.
30 and, returning to his brothers, he said: “The young man is not there! Where will I go now? “
31 So they killed a goat and dipped Joseph's coat in the blood.
32 and they sent her to her father with this message: “We found this. See if it is your son’s tunic.”
33 He recognized it and said, “It’s my son’s tunic! A wild animal devoured him! José was torn to pieces! “
34 Then Jacob tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and wept for his son for many days.
35 All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, saying, “No! Weeping, I will go down to the grave next to my son.” And continued to cry for him.
36 Meanwhile, in Egypt, the Midianites sold Joseph to Potiphar, Pharaoh's officer and captain of the guard.
