Genesis 37

1 SO JACOB dwelt in the land in which his father had been a stranger and sojourner, in the land of Canaan.2 This is the history of the descendants of Jacob and this is Jacob’s line. Joseph, when he was seventeen years old, was shepherding the flock with his brothers; the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s [secondary] wives; and Joseph brought to his father a bad report of them.3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a [distinctive] long tunic with sleeves.4 But when his brothers saw that their father loved [Joseph] more than all of his brothers, they hated him and could not say, Peace [in friendly greeting] to him or speak peaceably to him.5 Now Joseph had a dream and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him still more.6 And he said to them, Listen now and hear, I pray you, this dream that I have dreamed:7 We [brothers] were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright, and behold, your sheaves stood round about my sheaf and bowed down!8 His brothers said to him, Shall you indeed reign over us? Or are you going to have us as your subjects and dominate us? And they hated him all the more for his dreams and for what he said.9 But Joseph dreamed yet another dream and told it to his brothers [also]. He said, See here, I have dreamed again, and behold, [this time not only] eleven stars [but also] the sun and the moon bowed down and did reverence to me!10 And he told it to his father [as well as] his brethren. But his father rebuked him and said to him, What is the meaning of this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers actually come to bow down ourselves to the earth and do homage to you?11 Joseph’s brothers envied him and were jealous of him, but his father observed the saying and pondered over it.12 Joseph’s brothers went to shepherd and feed their father’s flock near Shechem.13 [One day] Israel said to Joseph, Do not your brothers shepherd my flock at Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them. And he said, Here I am.14 And [Jacob] said to him, Go, I pray you, see whether everything is all right with your brothers and with the flock; then come back and bring me word. So he sent him out of the Hebron Valley, and he came to Shechem.15 And a certain man found him, and behold, he had lost his way and was wandering in the open country. The man asked him, What are you trying to find?16 And he said, I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, I pray you, where they are pasturing our flocks.17 But the man said, [They were here, but] they have gone. I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.18 And when they saw him far off, even before he came near to them, they conspired to kill him.19 And they said one to another, See, here comes this dreamer and master of dreams.20 So come on now, let us kill him and throw his body into some pit; then we will say [to our father], Some wild and ferocious animal has devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his dreams!21 Now Reuben heard it and he delivered him out of their hands by saying, Let us not kill him.22 And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit or well that is out here in the wilderness and lay no hand on him. He was trying to get Joseph out of their hands in order to rescue him and deliver him again to his father.23 When Joseph had come to his brothers, they stripped him of his [distinctive] long garment which he was wearing;24 Then they took him and cast him into the [well-like] pit which was empty; there was no water in it.25 Then they sat down to eat their lunch. When they looked up, behold, they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites [mixed Arabians] coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum [of the styrax tree], balm (balsam), and myrrh or ladanum, going on their way to carry them down to Egypt.26 And Judah said to his brothers, What do we gain if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?27 Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites [and Midianites, these mixed Arabians who are approaching], and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brothers consented.28 Then as the Midianite [and Ishmaelite] merchants were passing by, the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the well. And they sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took Joseph [captive] into Egypt.29 Then Reuben [who had not been there when the brothers plotted to sell the lad] returned to the pit; and behold, Joseph was not in the pit, and he rent his clothes.30 He rejoined his brothers and said, The boy is not there! And I, where shall I go [to hide from my father]?31 Then they took Joseph’s [distinctive] long garment, killed a young goat, and dipped the garment in the blood;32 And they sent the garment to their father, saying, We have found this! Examine and decide whether it is your son’s tunic or not.33 He said, My son’s long garment! An evil [wild] beast has devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.34 And Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned many days for his son.35 And all his sons and daughters attempted to console him, but he refused to be comforted and said, I will go down to Sheol (the place of the dead) to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.36 And the Midianites [and Ishmaelites] sold [Joseph] in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain and chief executioner of the [royal] guard.

Genesis 38

1 AT THAT time Judah withdrew from his brothers and went to [lodge with] a certain Adullamite named Hirah.2 There Judah saw and met a daughter of Shuah, a Canaanite; he took her as wife and lived with her.3 And she became pregnant and bore a son, and he called him Er.4 And she conceived again and bore a son and named him Onan.5 Again she conceived and bore a son and named him Shelah. [They were living] at Chezib when she bore him.6 Now Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn; her name was Tamar.7 And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord slew him.8 Then Judah told Onan, Marry your brother’s widow; live with her and raise offspring for your brother.9 But Onan knew that the family would not be his, so when he cohabited with his brother’s widow, he prevented conception, lest he should raise up a child for his brother.10 And the thing which he did displeased the Lord; therefore He slew him also.11 Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow at your father’s house till Shelah my [youngest] son is grown; for he thought, Lest perhaps [if Shelah should marry her] he would die also, as his brothers did. So Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.12 But later Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shuah, died; and when Judah was comforted, he went up to his sheepshearers at Timnath with his friend Hirah the Adullamite.13 Then it was told Tamar, Listen, your father-in-law is going up to Timnath to shear his sheep.14 So she put off her widow’s garments and covered herself with a veil, wrapped herself up [in disguise], and sat in the entrance of Enaim, which is by the road to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown and she was not given to him as his wife.15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot or devoted prostitute [under a vow to her goddess], for she had covered her face [as such women did].16 He turned to her by the road and said, Come, let me have intercourse with you; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me that you may have intercourse with me?17 He answered, I will send you a kid from the flock. And she said, Will you give me a pledge (deposit) until you send it?18 And he said, What pledge shall I give you? She said, Your signet [seal], your [signet] cord, and your staff that is in your hand. And he gave them to her and came in to her, and she became pregnant by him.19 And she arose and went away and laid aside her veil and put on the garments of her widowhood.20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand; but he was unable to find her.21 He asked the men of that place, Where is the harlot or cult prostitute who was openly by the roadside? They said, There was no harlot or temple prostitute here.22 So he returned to Judah and said, I cannot find her; and also the local men said, There was no harlot or temple prostitute around here.23 And Judah said, Let her keep [the pledge articles] for herself, lest we be made ashamed. I sent this kid, but you have not found her.24 But about three months later Judah was told, Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot, and also she is with child by her lewdness. And Judah said, Bring her forth and let her be burned!25 When she was brought forth, she [took the things he had given her in pledge and] sent [them] to her father-in-law, saying, I am with child by the man to whom these articles belong. Then she added, Make out clearly, I pray you, to whom these belong, the signet [seal], [signet] cord, and staff.26 And Judah acknowledged them and said, She has been more righteous and just than I, because I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he did not cohabit with her again.27 Now when the time came for her to be delivered, behold, there were twins in her womb.28 And when she was in labor, one baby put out his hand; and the midwife took his hand and bound upon it a scarlet thread, saying, This baby was born first.29 But he drew back his hand, and behold, his brother was born first. And she said, What a breaking forth you have made for yourself! Therefore his name was called Perez [breaking forth]. 30 And afterward his brother who had the scarlet thread on his hand was born and was named Zerah [scarlet].

Genesis 39

1 AND JOSEPH was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain and chief executioner of the [royal] guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there.2 But the Lord was with Joseph, and he [though a slave] was a successful and prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.3 And his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made all that he did to flourish and succeed in his hand. 4 So Joseph pleased [Potiphar] and found favor in his sight, and he served him. And [his master] made him supervisor over his house and he put all that he had in his charge.5 From the time that he made him supervisor in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the Lord’s blessing was on all that he had in the house and in the field.6 And [Potiphar] left all that he had in Joseph’s charge and paid no attention to anything he had except the food he ate. Now Joseph was an attractive person and fine-looking.7 Then after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and she said, Lie with me.8 But he refused and said to his master’s wife, See here, with me in the house my master has concern about nothing; he has put all that he has in my care.9 He is not greater in this house than I am; nor has he kept anything from me except you, for you are his wife. How then can I do this great evil and sin against God?10 She spoke to Joseph day after day, but he did not listen to her, to lie with her or to be with her.11 Then it happened about this time that Joseph went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the men of the house were indoors.12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me! But he left his garment in her hand and fled and got out [of the house].13 And when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled away,14 She called to the men of her household and said to them, Behold, he [your master] has brought in a Hebrew to us to mock and insult us; he came in where I was to lie with me, and I screamed at the top of my voice.15 And when he heard me screaming and crying, he left his garment with me and fled and got out of the house.16 And she laid up his garment by her until his master came home.17 Then she told him the same story, saying, The Hebrew servant whom you brought among us came to me to mock and insult me.18 And when I screamed and cried, he left his garment with me and fled out [of the house].19 And when [Joseph’s] master heard the words of his wife, saying to him, This is the way your servant treated me, his wrath was kindled.20 And Joseph’s master took him and put him in the prison, a place where the state prisoners were confined; so he was there in the prison.21 But the Lord was with Joseph, and showed him mercy and loving-kindness and gave him favor in the sight of the warden of the prison.22 And the warden of the prison committed to Joseph’s care all the prisoners who were in the prison; and whatsoever was done there, he was in charge of it.23 The prison warden paid no attention to anything that was in [Joseph’s] charge, for the Lord was with him and made whatever he did to prosper.

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