Genesis 37

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan.	1 And Jacob dwelt in the land of Chanaan wherein his father sojourned.
2 This is the history of the family of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was shepherding the flock with his brothers; he was a lad with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph brought an ill report of them to their father.	2 And these are his generations: Joseph, when he was sixteen years old, was feeding the dock with his brethren, being but a boy: and he was with the sons of and of Zelpha his father's wives : and he accused his brethren to his father of a most wicked crime.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a long robe with sleeves.	3 Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons, because he had him in his old age: and he made him a coat of divers colours.
4 But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.	4 And his brethren seeing that he was loved by his father, more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
5 Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they only hated him the more.	5 Now it fell out also that he told his brethren a dream, that he had dreamed: which occasioned them to hate him the more.
6 He said to them, "Hear this dream which I have dreamed:	6 And he said to them: Hear my dream which I dreamed.
7 behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf arose and stood upright; and behold, your sheaves gathered round it, and bowed down to my sheaf."	7 I thought we were binding sheaves in the field: and my sheaf arose as it were, end stood, and your sheaves standing about, bowed down before my sheaf.
8 His brothers said to him, "Are you indeed to reign over us? Or are you indeed to have dominion over us?" So they hated him yet more for his dreams and for his words.	8 His brethren answered : Shalt thou be our king? or shall we be subject to thy dominion? Therefore this matter of his dreams and words ministered nourishment to their envy and hatred.
9 Then he dreamed another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, "Behold, I have dreamed another dream; and behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me."	9 He dreamed also another dream, which he told his brethren, saying: I saw in a dream, as it were the sun, and the moon, and eleven stars worshipping me.
10 But when he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him, and said to him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves to the ground before you?"	10 And when he had told this to his father and brethren, his father rebuked him, and said: What meaneth this dream that thou hast dreamed? shall I and thy mother, and thy brethren worship thee upon the earth?
11 And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.	11 His brethren therefore envied him: but his father considered the thing with himself.
12 Now his brothers went to pasture their father's flock near Shechem.	12 And when his brethren abode in Sichem feeding their father's docks,
13 And Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them." And he said to him, "Here I am."	13 Israel said to him : Thy brethren feed the sheep in Sichem: come, I will send thee to them. And when he answered:
14 So he said to him, "Go now, see if it is well with your brothers, and with the flock; and bring me word again." So he sent him from the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.	14 I am ready: he said to him: Go, and see if all things be well with thy brethren, and the cattle: and bring me word again what is doing. So being sent from the vale of Hebron, he came to Sichem:
15 And a man found him wandering in the fields; and the man asked him, "What are you seeking?"	15 And a man found him there wandering in the field, and asked what he sought.
16 "I am seeking my brothers," he said, "tell me, I pray you, where they are pasturing the flock."	16 But he answered: I seek my brethren; tell me where they feed the docks.
17 And the man said, "They have gone away, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers, and found them at Dothan.	17 And the man said to him: They are departed from this place: for I heard them say: Let us go to Dothain. And Joseph went forward after his brethren, and found them in Dothain.
18 They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him.	18 And when they saw him afar off, before he came nigh them, they thought to kill him.
19 They said to one another, "Here comes this dreamer.	19 And said one to another: Behold the dreamer cometh.
20 Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; then we shall say that a wild beast has devoured him, and we shall see what will become of his dreams."	20 Come, let us kill him, and cast him into some old pit : and we will say : Some evil beast hath devoured him: and then it shall appear what his dreams avail him :
21 But when Reuben heard it, he delivered him out of their hands, saying, "Let us not take his life."	21 And Ruben hearing this, endeavoured to deliver him out of their hands, end said:
22 And Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood; cast him into this pit here in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him"--that he might rescue him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.	22 Do not take away his life, nor shed his blood: but cast him into this pit, that is in the wilderness, and keep your hands harmless: now he said this, being desirous to deliver him out of their hands and to restore him to his father.
23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the long robe with sleeves that he wore;	23 And as soon as he came to his brethren, they forthwith stript him of his outside coat, that was of divers colours:
24 and they took him and cast him into a pit. The pit was empty, there was no water in it.	24 And cast him into an old pit, where there was no water.
25 Then they sat down to eat; and looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt.	25 And sitting down to eat bread, they saw some Ismaelites on their way coming from Calaad, with their camels, carrying spices, and balm, and myrrh to Egypt.
26 Then Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?	26 And Juda said to his brethren: What will it profit us to kill our brother, and conceal his blood?
27 Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh." And his brothers heeded him.	27 It is better that he be sold to the Ismaelites, and that our hands be not defiled: for he is our brother and our flesh. His brethren agreed to his words.
28 Then Midianite traders passed by; and they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver; and they took Joseph to Egypt.	28 And when the Madianite merchants passed by, they drew him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ismaelites, for twenty pieces of silver: and they led him into Egypt.
29 When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he rent his clothes	29 And Ruben, returning to the pit, found not the boy:
30 and returned to his brothers, and said, "The lad is gone; and I, where shall I go?"	30 And rending his garments he went to his brethren, and said: The boy doth not appear and whither shall I go?
31 Then they took Joseph's robe, and killed a goat, and dipped the robe in the blood;	31 And they took his coat, and dipped it in the blood of a kid, which they had killed :
32 and they sent the long robe with sleeves and brought it to their father, and said, "This we have found; see now whether it is your son's robe or not."	32 Sending some to carry it to their father, and to say: This we have found: see whether it be thy son's coat, or not.
33 And he recognized it, and said, "It is my son's robe; a wild beast has devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces."	33 And the father acknowledging it, said: It is my son's coat, an evil wild beast hath eaten him, a beast hath devoured Joseph.
34 Then Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.	34 And tearing his garments, he put an sackcloth, mourning for his son a long time.
35 All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and said, "No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning." Thus his father wept for him.	35 And alibis children being gathered together to comfort their father in his sorrow, he would not receive comfort, but said: I will go down to my son into hell, mourning. And whilst he continued weeping,
36 Meanwhile the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Poti-phar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard.	36 The Madianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Putiphar, an eunuch of Pharao, captain of the soldiers.