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1 Moseboken 37
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)

Berättelsen om Jakob och hans släkt

(37:1—50:26)

37 Jakob bosatte sig alltså på nytt i Kanaans land där hans far hade bott.

Josef säljs som slav

2 Det här är berättelsen om Jakob och hans släkt. Jakobs son Josef, som nu var sjutton år, vallade fåren med sina bröder. Som ung var han tillsammans med sönerna till sin fars bihustrur Bilha och Silpa. Det onda han hörde om dem, förde han vidare till sin far. 3 Israel älskade Josef mer än sina andra barn, eftersom Josef föddes på hans ålderdom. Han lät göra åt honom en hellång[a] dräkt. 4 Hans bröder lade märke till hur deras far älskade Josef mer än sina andra söner, och de hatade honom för det. De kunde inte tala vänligt till honom.

5 En natt hade Josef en dröm. När han berättade den för sina bröder, hatade de honom ännu mer.

6 ”Hör här vad jag drömde”, sa han. 7 ”Vi var ute på åkern och band kärvar. Min kärve stod upp och era kärvar samlade sig runt omkring min och bugade sig djupt inför den.” 8 ”Jaså, du vill bli kung och regera över oss?” sa hans bröder till honom. Deras hat till honom tilltog både för drömmens skull och för vad han sagt.

9 Sedan hade han en annan dröm, som han också berättade för sina bröder. ”Hör här, jag har haft en dröm igen”, sa han. ”Solen och månen och elva stjärnor bugade sig djupt för mig.” 10 Han berättade denna dröm för sin far och för sina bröder. Men fadern tillrättavisade honom: ”Vad är det för en dröm? Skulle jag och din mor och dina bröder komma och buga oss inför dig?” 11 Bröderna blev avundsjuka på Josef, men Jakob kunde inte glömma vad Josef hade sagt.

12 En gång vallade Josefs bröder sin fars hjordar vid Shekem. 13 Då sa Israel till Josef: ”Dina bröder är som du vet i Shekem för att låta hjordarna beta där. Jag vill skicka dig till dem.” ”Ja, far”, svarade Josef. 14 Israel fortsatte: ”Gå och ta reda på hur de har det och hur det står till med djuren, och kom sedan tillbaka och rapportera för mig.”

Så skickade Israel iväg honom från Hebrondalen. Väl framme i Shekem 15 fann en man honom medan han letade på fälten. ”Vem letar du efter?” frågade mannen. 16 ”Jag letar efter mina bröder och deras hjordar”, svarade Josef. ”Kan du tala om för mig var de är?” 17 ”Ja”, sa mannen till honom. ”De är inte här längre. Jag hörde dina bröder säga att de tänkte gå till Dotan.” Då fortsatte Josef till Dotan och hittade dem där.

18 När bröderna på avstånd såg att Josef var på väg till dem, bestämde de sig för att döda honom.

19 ”Här kommer drömmaren”, sa de till varandra. 20 ”Kom, så dödar vi honom och kastar honom i brunnen och säger att ett rovdjur har ätit upp honom. Sedan får vi se vad det blir av hans drömmar!”

21 När Ruben hörde detta, ville han rädda Josef ur deras händer. ”Nej, vi får inte döda honom”, sa han. 22 ”Spill inte blod”, fortsatte han. ”Kasta honom i stället i brunnen här i öknen, men rör honom inte.” Ruben tänkte nämligen rädda honom från de andra och låta honom återvända till sin far.

23 När Josef kom fram, drog de av honom hans vackra dräkt som han hade på sig 24 och tog honom och kastade honom i brunnen som var tom på vatten. 25 Sedan satte de sig ned för att äta. Då lade de märke till en karavan ismaeliter som kom från Gilead. Deras kameler var lastade med dragantgummi, balsam och myrra[b] som de förde med sig till Egypten.

26 Juda sa till de andra: ”Varför skulle vi döda vår bror och tvingas dölja vårt brott? 27 Kom, vi säljer honom till ismaeliterna, så slipper vi bruka våld mot honom. Han är ju trots allt vår bror, av samma kött och blod som vi.” Bröderna höll med om detta. 28 När några midjanitiska[c] köpmän kom förbi, drog de[d] upp Josef ur brunnen och sålde honom till ismaeliterna för tjugo silverpengar[e]. Köpmännen tog honom sedan med sig till Egypten. 29 När Ruben kom tillbaka till brunnen och såg att Josef inte var där, slet han sönder sina kläder.

30 Han gick tillbaka till sina bröder och sa: ”Pojken är borta! Vart ska jag nu ta vägen?[f]” 31 Då tog de Josefs dräkt, dödade en bock och doppade dräkten i blodet. 32 Sedan skickade de dräkten till sin far och sa: ”Det här är vad vi hittat. Se efter om den är din sons dräkt.”

33 Fadern kände omedelbart igen den och sa: ”Ja, den tillhör min son. Ett rovdjur har ätit upp honom. Josef har blivit ihjälriven.”

34 Jakob rev sönder sina kläder och klädde sig i säcktyg och sörjde sin son länge. 35 Alla hans söner och döttrar kom för att trösta honom, men han lät sig inte tröstas. ”Jag kommer att dö av sorg över min son och gå i dödsriket med honom”, sa han och grät otröstligt över honom.

36 Framme i Egypten sålde midjaniterna Josef till Potifar, som var hovman hos farao och befälhavare för livgardet.

Footnotes

  1. 37:3 Det hebreiska ordets betydelse är osäker. Kan möjligen också betyda färggrann.
  2. 37:25 Översättningen av de hebreiska benämningarna på varorna här är osäker; man känner inte till ordens exakta betydelse.
  3. 37:28 Köpmännen benämns både som ismaelitiska och som midjanitiska. Jfr 37:36; 39:1. Kanske fanns båda med i karavanen.
  4. 37:28 Om subjektet ”de” är köpmännen eller bröderna framgår inte av den hebreiska texten.
  5. 37:28 Tjugo silverpengar eller siklar verkar ha varit mycket mindre än priset på en slav (jfr 2 Mos 21:32).
  6. 37:30 Ruben var äldste sonen och hade därför ansvar för de andra.
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Genesis 37
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Joseph’s Dreams

37 Now Jacob lived in (A)the land where his father had lived as a stranger, in the land of Canaan. 2 These are the records of the generations of Jacob.

Joseph, when he was (B)seventeen years of age, was pasturing the flock with his brothers, while he was still a youth, along with (C)the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought back a (D)bad report about them to their father. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his other sons, because he was (E)the son of his old age; and he made him a [a](F)multicolored tunic. 4 And his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers; and so they (G)hated him and could not speak to him [b]on friendly terms.

5 Then Joseph [c](H)had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more. 6 He said to them, “Please listen to this dream which I have [d]had; 7 for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf stood up and also remained standing; and behold, your sheaves gathered around and (I)bowed down to my sheaf.” 8 Then his brothers said to him, “(J)Are you actually going to reign over us? Or are you really going to rule over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

9 Then he [e]had yet another dream, and informed his brothers of it, and said, “Behold, I have [f]had yet another dream; and behold, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.” 10 He also told it to his father as well as to his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have [g]had? Am I and your mother and (K)your brothers actually going to come to bow down to the ground before you?” 11 And (L)his brothers were jealous of him, but his father (M)kept the matter in mind.

12 Then his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock in Shechem. 13 And Israel said to Joseph, “Are your brothers not pasturing the flock in (N)Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” And he said to him, “[h]I will go.” 14 Then he said to him, “Go now and see about the welfare of your brothers and the welfare of the flock, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him from the Valley of (O)Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

15 A man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, “[i]What are you looking for?” 16 He said, “I am looking for my brothers; please tell me where they are pasturing the flock.” 17 Then the man said, “They have moved from here; for I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to (P)Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

The Plot against Joseph

18 [j]When they saw him from a distance, and before he came closer to them, they (Q)plotted against him to put him to death. 19 They said to one another, “[k]Here comes this dreamer! 20 Now then, come and let’s kill him, and throw him into one of the pits; and (R)we will say, ‘A vicious animal devoured him.’ Then we will see what will become of his dreams!” 21 But (S)Reuben heard this and rescued him out of their hands [l]by saying, “Let’s not [m]take his life.” 22 Then Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him”—so that later he might rescue him out of their hands, to return him to his father. 23 So it came about, when Joseph [n]reached his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the [o]multicolored tunic that was on him; 24 and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, without any water in it.

25 Then they sat down to eat [p]a meal. But as they raised their eyes and looked, behold, a caravan of (T)Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels carrying (U)labdanum resin, (V)balsam, and [q]myrrh, [r]on their way to bring them down to Egypt. 26 And Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it for us to kill our brother and (W)cover up his blood? 27 (X)Come, and let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers listened to him. 28 Then some (Y)Midianite traders passed by, so they pulled him out and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and (Z)sold [s]him to the Ishmaelites for [t]twenty shekels of silver. So (AA)they brought Joseph into Egypt.

29 Now Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; so he (AB)tore his garments. 30 He returned to his brothers and said, “(AC)The boy is not there; as for me, where am I to go?” 31 So (AD)they took Joseph’s tunic, and slaughtered a male goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood; 32 and they sent the [u]multicolored tunic and brought it to their father and said, “We found this; please [v]examine it to see whether it is your son’s tunic or not.” 33 Then he [w]examined it and said, “It is my son’s tunic. (AE)A vicious animal has devoured him; (AF)Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!” 34 So Jacob (AG)tore his clothes, and put on a sackcloth undergarment over his waist, and mourned for his son many days. 35 Then all his sons and all his daughters got up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, “Surely I will (AH)go down to Sheol in mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him. 36 Meanwhile, the [x]Midianites (AI)sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, Pharaoh’s officer, the captain of the bodyguard.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 37:3 Or full-length tunic
  2. Genesis 37:4 Lit in peace
  3. Genesis 37:5 Lit dreamed
  4. Genesis 37:6 Lit dreamed
  5. Genesis 37:9 Lit dreamed
  6. Genesis 37:9 Lit dreamed
  7. Genesis 37:10 Lit dreamed
  8. Genesis 37:13 Lit Behold me
  9. Genesis 37:15 Lit saying, “What...?”
  10. Genesis 37:18 Or And
  11. Genesis 37:19 Lit Behold, this master of dreams comes
  12. Genesis 37:21 Lit and said
  13. Genesis 37:21 Lit strike his soul
  14. Genesis 37:23 Lit came to
  15. Genesis 37:23 Or full-length tunic
  16. Genesis 37:25 Lit bread
  17. Genesis 37:25 Or resinous bark
  18. Genesis 37:25 Lit going
  19. Genesis 37:28 Lit Joseph
  20. Genesis 37:28 About 10 oz. or 280 gm
  21. Genesis 37:32 Or full-length tunic
  22. Genesis 37:32 Or recognize
  23. Genesis 37:33 Or recognized
  24. Genesis 37:36 Lit Medanites
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創世記 37
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約瑟的夢

37 雅各住在他父親寄居的迦南， 2 以下是有關雅各一家的記載。

十七歲的少年約瑟跟哥哥們，就是雅各的妾辟拉和悉帕生的兒子們一同放羊。他向父親報告哥哥們做的壞事。 3 約瑟是以色列年老時生的，以色列特別寵愛他，為他做了一件彩衣。 4 約瑟的哥哥們見父親偏愛他，就懷恨在心，對他惡言相向。

5 約瑟做了一個夢，並告訴了哥哥們，他們更恨他了。 6 約瑟對哥哥們說：「你們聽聽我做的夢—— 7 我們在田裡捆莊稼，我捆的莊稼站起來，你們捆的莊稼都圍著我捆的莊稼下拜。」 8 他的哥哥們回答說：「難道你真想做我們的王統治我們嗎？」他們因約瑟的夢和他說的話而更恨他。

9 後來，約瑟又做了一個夢，他又去對哥哥們說：「你們聽聽我做的另一個夢，我夢見太陽、月亮和十一顆星星都向我下拜。」 10 約瑟把夢告訴了父親和哥哥們，他父親就責備他說：「你做的是什麼夢！難道你的父母弟兄都要來向你俯伏下拜嗎？」 11 約瑟的哥哥們嫉恨他，他父親卻把這些話記在心裡。

12 約瑟的哥哥們到示劍放父親的羊。 13 以色列把約瑟叫來，對他說：「你哥哥們在示劍放羊，我要派你去他們那裡。」約瑟說：「好的。」 14 以色列說：「你去看看你哥哥們以及羊群是否平安，然後回來告訴我。」於是，約瑟就從希伯崙谷出發去示劍。 15 有人見他在田野走迷了路，就問他：「你在找什麼？」 16 約瑟回答說：「我在找我哥哥們，你知道他們在哪裡放羊嗎？」 17 那人說：「他們已經走了，我聽他們說要到多坍去。」約瑟就趕往多坍，在那裡找到了他們。

18 約瑟的哥哥們遠遠看見他走來，趁他還沒有到跟前，就合謀要害死他。 19 他們彼此商量說：「看！做夢的來了。 20 來吧！我們殺了他，把他扔在井裡，就說有野獸把他吃掉了，看他的夢怎麼實現。」 21 呂便聽後想救約瑟的性命，就說：「我們不要害他性命。」 22 他又說：「不要殺人流血，把他扔在這口井裡吧，不要下手害他。」呂便想救約瑟，把他交回給父親。 23 這時候，約瑟來了，他們就脫去他身上的彩衣， 24 把他扔到井裡。當時，那口井是乾的，沒有水。

25 他們坐下來吃飯的時候，看見一隊從基列來的以實瑪利商人用駱駝馱著香料、乳香、沒藥去埃及。 26 猶大對他的眾弟兄說：「我們殺死弟弟、掩蓋罪行有什麼益處呢？ 27 不如把他賣給以實瑪利人，不要下手害他，他畢竟是我們的弟弟，我們的骨肉啊！」其他弟兄都贊成他的意見。 28 於是，那些米甸商人經過的時候，他們就把約瑟從井裡拉上來，以二百二十克銀子的價錢把他賣給了以實瑪利人。這些商人把他帶到埃及去了。

29 呂便回到井邊發現約瑟不見了，就傷心地撕裂了身上的衣服， 30 回到弟兄們那裡說：「那少年不見了，我現在怎麼辦？」 31 他們宰了一隻公山羊，把血染在約瑟的彩衣上， 32 拿去給父親，說：「我們撿到這件衣服，你看看是不是你兒子的？」 33 雅各認出那件彩衣，說：「這是我兒子的衣服，一定是野獸把他吃了，約瑟一定被撕碎了！」 34 雅各撕裂自己的衣服，束上麻布，為約瑟哀傷了好幾天。 35 他的兒女都來安慰他，他卻不肯接受他們的安慰，說：「我一定會淒淒慘慘地下到陰間，去我兒子那裡。」約瑟的父親為他哀哭。

36 那些米甸人把約瑟帶到埃及後，把他賣給了法老的內臣——護衛長波提乏。

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Genesis 37
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Joseph’s Dreams

37 Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed,(A) the land of Canaan.(B)

2 This is the account(C) of Jacob’s family line.

Joseph,(D) a young man of seventeen,(E) was tending the flocks(F) with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah(G) and the sons of Zilpah,(H) his father’s wives, and he brought their father a bad report(I) about them.

3 Now Israel(J) loved Joseph more than any of his other sons,(K) because he had been born to him in his old age;(L) and he made an ornate[a] robe(M) for him.(N) 4 When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him(O) and could not speak a kind word to him.

5 Joseph had a dream,(P) and when he told it to his brothers,(Q) they hated him all the more.(R) 6 He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had: 7 We were binding sheaves(S) of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.”(T)

8 His brothers said to him, “Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?”(U) And they hated him all the more(V) because of his dream and what he had said.

9 Then he had another dream,(W) and he told it to his brothers. “Listen,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars(X) were bowing down to me.”(Y)

10 When he told his father as well as his brothers,(Z) his father rebuked(AA) 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?”(AB) 11 His brothers were jealous of him,(AC) but his father kept the matter in mind.(AD)

Joseph Sold by His Brothers

12 Now his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,(AE) 13 and Israel(AF) said to Joseph, “As you know, your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem.(AG) Come, I am going to send you to them.”

“Very well,” he replied.

14 So he said to him, “Go and see if all is well with your brothers(AH) and with the flocks, and bring word back to me.” Then he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron.(AI)

When Joseph arrived at Shechem, 15 a man found him wandering around in the fields and asked him, “What are you looking for?”

16 He replied, “I’m looking for my brothers. Can you tell me where they are grazing their flocks?”

17 “They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.(AJ)’”

So Joseph went after his brothers and found them near Dothan. 18 But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.(AK)

19 “Here comes that dreamer!(AL)” they said to each other. 20 “Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns(AM) and say that a ferocious animal(AN) devoured him.(AO) Then we’ll see what comes of his dreams.”(AP)

21 When Reuben(AQ) heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. “Let’s not take his life,” he said.(AR) 22 “Don’t shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern(AS) here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father.(AT)

23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe(AU) he was wearing— 24 and they took him and threw him into the cistern.(AV) The cistern was empty; there was no water in it.

25 As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites(AW) coming from Gilead.(AX) Their camels were loaded with spices, balm(AY) and myrrh,(AZ) and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt.(BA)

26 Judah(BB) said to his brothers, “What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?(BC) 27 Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother,(BD) our own flesh and blood.(BE)” His brothers agreed.

28 So when the Midianite(BF) merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern(BG) and sold(BH) him for twenty shekels[b] of silver(BI) to the Ishmaelites,(BJ) who took him to Egypt.(BK)

29 When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.(BL) 30 He went back to his brothers and said, “The boy isn’t there! Where can I turn now?”(BM)

31 Then they got Joseph’s robe,(BN) slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood.(BO) 32 They took the ornate robe(BP) back to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe.”

33 He recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! Some ferocious animal(BQ) has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces.”(BR)

34 Then Jacob tore his clothes,(BS) put on sackcloth(BT) and mourned for his son many days.(BU) 35 All his sons and daughters came to comfort him,(BV) but he refused to be comforted.(BW) “No,” he said, “I will continue to mourn until I join my son(BX) in the grave.(BY)” So his father wept for him.

36 Meanwhile, the Midianites[c](BZ) sold Joseph(CA) in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard.(CB)

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 37:3 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verses 23 and 32.
  2. Genesis 37:28 That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams
  3. Genesis 37:36 Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac (see also verse 28); Masoretic Text Medanites
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