01:037:004 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more
than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably
unto him.
01:037:005 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and
they hated him yet the more.
01:037:006 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I
have dreamed:
01:037:007 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo,
my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood
round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
01:037:008 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over
us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet
the more for his dreams, and for his words.
01:037:009 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren,
and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and
the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
01:037:010 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his
father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou
hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to
bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
01:037:011 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the
saying.
01:037:012 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in
Shechem.
01:037:013 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the
flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to
him, Here am I.
01:037:014 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well
with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again.
So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
01:037:015 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering
in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
01:037:016 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where
they feed their flocks.
01:037:017 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them
say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found
them in Dothan.
01:037:018 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near
unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
01:037:019 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
01:037:020 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into
some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we
shall see what will become of his dreams.
01:037:021 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their
hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
01:037:022 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into
this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he
might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
01:037:023 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren,
that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that
was on him;
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