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Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.
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he said, “Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.”
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He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
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May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed and those who bless you be blessed.”
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Jacob asked the shepherds, “My brothers, where are you from?” “We’re from Harran,” they replied.
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Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and I will give you whatever you ask.
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Three days later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and attacked the unsuspecting city, killing every male.
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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.
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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.
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Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.
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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.
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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.”
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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?”
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His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
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Joseph Sold by His Brothers
Now his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,
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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.
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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,
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He replied, “I’m looking for my brothers. Can you tell me where they are grazing their flocks?”
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“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.
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So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe he was wearing—
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Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
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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.
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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.
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He went back to his brothers and said, “The boy isn’t there! Where can I turn now?”
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Judah and Tamar
At that time, Judah left his brothers and went down to stay with a man of Adullam named Hirah.
