Genesis 37
Christian Standard Bible
Joseph’s Dreams
37 Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.(A) 2 These are the family records of Jacob.
At seventeen years of age, Joseph tended sheep with his brothers. The young man was working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives,(B) and he brought a bad report about them to their father.(C)
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons because Joseph was a son born to him in his old age,(D) and he made a long-sleeved robe[a] for him. 4 When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not bring themselves to speak peaceably to him.
5 Then Joseph had a dream. When he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more. 6 He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had: 7 There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the field. Suddenly my sheaf stood up, and your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf.”(E)
8 “Are you really going to reign over us?” his brothers asked him. “Are you really going to rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and what he had said.
9 Then he had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun, moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
10 He told his father and brothers, and his father rebuked him. “What kind of dream is this that you have had?” he said. “Am I and your mother and your brothers really going to come and bow down to the ground before you?” 11 His brothers were jealous of him,(F) but his father kept the matter in mind.(G)
Joseph Sold into Slavery
12 His brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks at Shechem. 13 Israel said to Joseph, “Your brothers, you know, are pasturing the flocks at Shechem. Get ready. I’m sending you to them.”
“I’m ready,” Joseph replied.
14 Then Israel said to him, “Go and see how your brothers and the flocks are doing, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him from the Hebron(H) Valley, and he went to Shechem.
15 A man found him there, wandering in the field, and asked him, “What are you looking for?”
16 “I’m looking for my brothers,” Joseph said. “Can you tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”
17 “They’ve moved on from here,” the man said. “I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’”(I) So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
18 They saw him in the distance, and before he had reached them, they plotted to kill him.(J) 19 They said to one another, “Oh, look, here comes that dream expert![b] 20 So now, come on, let’s kill him and throw him into one of the pits.[c] We can say that a vicious animal ate him. Then we’ll see what becomes of his dreams!”
21 When Reuben heard this, he tried to save him from them.[d] He said, “Let’s not take his life.”(K) 22 Reuben also said to them, “Don’t shed blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him”—intending to rescue him from them and return him to his father.
23 When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped off Joseph’s robe, the long-sleeved robe that he had on. 24 Then they took him and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty, without water.(L)
25 They sat down to eat a meal,(M) and when they looked up, there was a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead.(N) Their camels were carrying aromatic gum, balsam, and resin, going down to Egypt.(O)
26 Judah said to his brothers, “What do we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? 27 Come on, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh,” and his brothers agreed. 28 When Midianite(P) traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took Joseph to Egypt.(Q)
29 When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.(R) 30 He went back to his brothers and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?” [e] 31 So they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a male goat, and dipped the robe in its blood. 32 They sent the long-sleeved robe to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it. Is it your son’s robe or not?”
33 His father recognized it. “It is my son’s robe,” he said. “A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has been torn to pieces!” (S) 34 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days. 35 All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” And his father wept for him.
36 Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain of the guards.
Genesis 37
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Si Jose at ang Kanyang mga Kapatid
37 Si Jacob ay nanatili sa Canaan, sa lupaing tinirhan ng kanyang ama. 2 Ito ang kasaysayan ng sambahayan ni Jacob:
Nang si Jose ay labimpitong taon na, nag-aalaga siya ng kawan kasama ng kanyang mga kapatid sa ama, ang mga anak nina Bilha at Zilpa, na mga asawang-lingkod ng kanyang ama. Alam niya ang masasamang gawain ng kanyang mga kapatid kaya't ang mga ito'y isinumbong niya sa kanilang ama.
3 Mas mahal ni Israel si Jose kaysa ibang mga anak, sapagkat matanda na siya nang ito'y isinilang. Iginawa niya ito ng damit na mahaba at may manggas.[a] 4 Nang mahalata ng mga kapatid ni Jose na mas mahal siya ng kanilang ama, kinamuhian siya ng mga ito at ayaw siyang pakisamahang mabuti.
5 Minsan, nanaginip si Jose at lalong namuhi ang mga kapatid niya nang ito'y ikuwento niya sa kanila. 6 Sabi ni Jose, “Napanaginipan ko, 7 na tayo ay nasa bukid at nagbibigkis ng trigo. Tumayo ang aking binigkis at yumukod sa paligid nito ang inyong mga binigkis.”
8 “Ano! Ang ibig mo bang sabihin ay maghahari ka sa amin?” tanong nila. At lalo silang nagalit kay Jose.
9 Nanaginip muli si Jose at isinalaysay sa kanyang mga kapatid ang ganito: “Nakita ko sa aking panaginip na ang araw, ang buwan at labing-isang bituin ay yumuko sa aking harapan.”
10 Sinabi rin niya ito sa kanyang ama, at ito'y nagalit din sa kanya.
“Anong ibig mong sabihin?” tanong ng ama. “Kami ng iyong ina't mga kapatid ay yuyuko sa harapan mo?” 11 Inggit(A) na inggit kay Jose ang kanyang mga kapatid. Inisip-isip namang mabuti ng kanyang ama ang mga bagay na ito.
Ipinagbili si Jose at Dinala sa Egipto
12 Isang araw, nasa Shekem ang mga kapatid ni Jose at pinapastol doon ang kawan ng kanilang ama. 13 Sinabi ni Israel kay Jose, “Gumayak ka at sumunod sa iyong mga kapatid.”
“Opo,” tugon ni Jose.
14 Sinabi pa ng kanyang ama, “Tingnan mo kung sila'y nasa mabuting kalagayan. Pagkatapos, bumalik ka agad at nang malaman ko.” Lumakad nga si Jose mula sa libis ng Hebron at nakarating sa Shekem. 15 Sa kanyang paglalakad, nakita siya ng isang lalaki at tinanong kung anong hinahanap niya.
16 “Hinahanap ko po ang aking mga kapatid na nagpapastol ng aming kawan,” sagot niya. “Saan ko po kaya sila makikita?”
17 Sinabi ng lalaki, “Umalis na sila at ang dinig ko'y sa Dotan pupunta.” Sumunod si Jose at natagpuan nga roon ang mga kapatid.
18 Malayo pa'y natanaw na siya ng mga ito. Nagkaisa silang patayin siya. 19 Sinabi nila, “Ayan na ang mahilig managinip! 20 Patayin natin siya at ihulog sa balon, at sabihing siya'y sinila ng mabangis na hayop. Tingnan natin kung ano ang mangyayari sa kanyang mga panaginip.”
21 Narinig ito ni Ruben at binalak niyang iligtas si Jose. Sabi niya, “Huwag, huwag nating patayin. 22 Huwag natin siyang pagbuhatan ng kamay; ihulog na lamang natin sa balon.” Sinabi niya ito, sapagkat ang balak niya ay iligtas ang kapatid at dalhin ito sa kanyang ama. 23 Paglapit ni Jose, hinubad nila ang mahabang damit nito na may manggas,[b] 24 at inihulog sa isang tuyong balon.
25 Habang sila'y kumakain, may natanaw silang pangkat ng mga Ismaelitang mula sa Gilead. Ang kanilang mga kamelyo ay may kargang mga gagawing pabango na dadalhin sa Egipto. 26 Sinabi ni Juda sa kanyang mga kapatid, “Wala tayong mapapala kung papatayin natin ang ating kapatid. 27 Mabuti pa'y ipagbili na lamang natin siya sa mga Ismaelita kaysa ating saktan! Siya'y kapatid din natin, laman ng ating laman at dugo ng ating dugo.” At sila'y nagkasundo. 28 Kaya't(B) nang may dumaraang mga mangangalakal na Midianita, iniahon nila si Jose at ipinagbili sa halagang dalawampung pirasong pilak. At si Jose'y dinala ng mga Ismaelita sa Egipto.
29 Pagbalik ni Ruben sa balon, nakita niyang wala na roon si Jose. Sa laki ng kanyang pagdaramdam, pinunit niya ang kanyang damit. 30 Lumapit siya sa kanyang mga kapatid at ang sabi, “Wala na sa balon si Jose! Ano ang gagawin ko ngayon?”
31 Nagpatay sila ng kambing at itinubog sa dugo nito ang hinubad na damit ni Jose. 32 Pagkatapos, dinala nila ito sa kanilang ama at sinabi, “Nakita po namin ang damit na ito, tingnan nga ninyo kung ito nga ang sa mahal ninyong anak.”
33 Nakilala niya agad ang damit. “Kanya nga ito! Pinatay ng mabangis na hayop ang anak ko! Pihong nagkaluray-luray ang kanyang katawan.” 34 Sinira ni Jacob ang suot niyang damit, at nagsuot ng damit-panluksa. Ipinagluksa niya nang mahabang panahon ang nangyari sa kanyang anak. 35 Inaliw siya ng lahat niyang mga anak ngunit patuloy ang kanyang pamimighati. Sinabi niya, “Mapupunta ako sa daigdig ng mga patay na nagdadalamhati dahil sa pagkawala ng aking anak.” Patuloy siyang nagluksa dahil kay Jose.
36 Samantala, pagdating sa Egipto, ipinagbili si Jose ng mga Midianita kay Potifar, isang punong kawal ng Faraon at kapitan ng mga tanod sa palasyo.
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