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Genesis 37
Swete's Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
Κατῴκει δὲ Ἰακὼβ ἐν τῇ γῇ οὖ παρῴκησεν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ, ἐν γῇ Χανάαν.
Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan.
αὗται δὲ αἱ γενέσεις Ἰακώβ. ἸωσὴΦ δέκα ἑπτὰ ἐτῶν ἦν ποιμαίνων μετὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ τὰ πρόβατα, ὢν νέος, μετὰ τῶν υἱῶν Βάλλας καὶ μετὰ τῶν υἱῶν ΖἐλΦας τῶν γυναικῶν τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ· κατήνεγκαν δὲ Ἰωσὴφ ψόγον πονηρὸν πρὸς Ἰσραὴλ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν.
This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἠγάπα τὸν Ἰωσὴφ παρὰ πάντας τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ, ὓτι υἱὸς γήρους ἦν αὐτῷ· ἐποίησεν δὲ αὐτῷ χιτῶνα ποικίλον. κίλον.
Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors (note: Possibly a robe with long sleeves; also in verses 23 and 32).
ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ ὅτι αὐτὸν ἐφίλει ὁ πατὴρ ἐκ πάντων τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ, ἐμίσησαν αὐτόν, καὶ οὐκ ἐδύναντο λαλεῖν αὐτῷ οὐδὲν εἰρηνικόν.
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
ἐνυπνιασθεὶς δὲ Ἰωσὴφ ἐνύπνιον αὐτὸ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ,
Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Ἀκούσατε τοῦ τούτου οὗ ἐνυπνιάσθην.
He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:
ᾤμην ὑμᾶς δεσμεύειν δράγματα ἐν μέσῳ πεδίῳ· καὶ ἀνέστη τὸ ἐμὸν δρόγμα καὶ ὠρθώθη· περιστραφέντα δὲ τὰ δράγματα ὑμῶν προσεκύνησαν τὸ ἐμὸν δράγμα.
We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”
εἶπαν δὲ αὐτῷ ἀδελφοί Μὴ βασιλεύων βασιλεύσεις ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς ἢ κυριεύων κυριεύσεις ἡμῶν ; καὶ προσέθεντο ἔηι μισεῖν αὐτὸν ἕνεκεν τῶν ἐνυπνίων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἓνεκεν τῶν ῥημάτων αὐτοῦ.
“Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.
ἴδεν δὲ ἐνύπνιον ἕτερον, καὶ διηγήσατο αὐτὸ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἶπεν ἰδοὺ ἐνυπνιάσθην ἐνύπνιον ἕτερον· ὥσπερ ὁ ἥλιος καὶ ἡ σελήνη καὶ ἕνδεκα ἀστέρες προσεκύνουν με.
Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
καὶ ἐπετίμησεν αὐτῷ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν Τί τὸ ἐνύπνιον τοῦτο ὃ ἐνυπνιάσθης ; ἀρά γε ἐλθόντες ἐλευσόμεθα ἐγώ τε καὶ ἡ μήτηρ σου καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί σου προσκυνῆσαί σοι ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ;
He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”
ἐξήλωσαν δὲ αὐτὸν οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ· ὁ δὲ αὐτοῦ διετήρησεν τὸ ῥῆμα.
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
Ἐπορεύθησαν δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ βόσκειν τὰ πρόβατα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν εἰς Συχέμ.
Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.
καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς ’ιωσήφ οὐχ οἱ ἀδελφοί σου ποιμαίνουσιν ἐν Συχέμ; δεῦρο ἀποστείλω σε πρὸς αὐτούς. εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ἰδοὺ ἐγώ.
Israel said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied.
εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ Ἰσραήλ ΙΙορευθεὶς ἴδε εἰ ὑγιαίνουσιν οἱ ἀδελφοί σου καὶ τὰ πρόβάτα, καὶ ἀνάγγειλόν μοι. καὶ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτὸν ἐκ τῆς κοιλάδος τῆς Χεβρών. καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς Συχέμ.
Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,
καὶ εὗρεν αὐτὸν ἄνθρωπος πλανὠμἐνον ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ· ἠρώτησεν δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ ἄνθρωπος λέγων Τί ζητεῖς ;
a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”
ὁ δὲ εἶπεν τοὺς ἀδελφούς μου ζητῶ· ἀπάγγειλόν μοι ποῦ βόσκουσιν.
“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”
εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ ἄνθρωπος Ἀπήρκασιν ἐντεῦθεν· ἤκουσα γὰρ αὐτῶν λεγόντων ΙΙορευθῶμεν εἰς Δωθόειμ. καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἸωσήΦ κατόπισθεν τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ εὗρεν αὐτοὺς εἰς Δωθάειμ.
“They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
πρόιδον δὲ αὐτὸν μακρόθεν πρὸ τοῦ ἐγγίσαι αὐτὸν πρὸς αὐτούς· καὶ ἐπορεύοντο ἀποκτεῖναι αὐτόν.
Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
εἶπαν δὲ ἕκαστος πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ ἰδοὺ ὁ ἐνυπνιαστὴς ἐκεῖνος ἔρχεται·
“Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.
νῦν οὖν δεῦτε ἀποκτείνωμεν αὐτόν, καὶ ῥίψομεν αὐτὸν εἰς ἕνα τῶν λάκκων, καὶ ἐροῦμεν Θηρίον πονηρὸν κατέφαγεν αὐτόν· καὶ ὀψόμεθα τί ἒστιν τὰ ἐνύπνια αὐτοῦ.
“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
ἀκούσας δὲ Ῥουβὴν ἐξείλατο αὐτὸν ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ εἶπεν Οὐ πατάξομεν αὐτὸν εἰς ψυχήν.
When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.
εἶπεν δὲ αὐτοῖς Ῥουβὴν Μὴ ἐκχέητε αἷμα· ἐμβάλετε δὲ αὐτὸν εἰς ἕνα τῶν λάκκων τῶν ἐν τῆ ἐρήμῳ, χεῖρα δὲ μὴ ἐπενέγκητε αὐτῷ· ὅπως ἐξέληται αὐτὸν ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν καὶ ἀποδῷ αὐτὸν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ.
“Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.
ἐγένετο δὲ ἡνίκα ἦλθεν ἸωσὴΦ πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ, ἐξέδυσαν τὸν Ἰωσὴφ τὸν χιτῶνα τὸν ποικίλον τὸν περὶ αὐτόν,
So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—
καὶ λαβόντες αὐτὸν ἔρριψαν εἰς τὸν λάκκον· ὁ δὲ λάκκος ἐκεῖνος ὕδωρ οὐκ εἶχεν.
and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
ἐκάθισαιν δὲ φαγεῖν ἄρτον· καὶ ἀναβλέψαντες τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ἴδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ ὁδοιπόροι Ἰσμαηλεῖται ἤρχοντο ἐκ Γαλαὰδ, καὶ οἱ κάμηλοι αὐτῶν ἔγεμον θυμιαμάτων καὶ ῥιτίνης καὶ στακτῆς· ἐπορεύοντο δὲ καταγαγεῖν εἰς Αἴγυπτον.
And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.
εἶπεν δὲ Ἰούδας πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ Τί χρήσιμον ἐὰν ἀποκ τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν καὶ κρύψωμεν τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ ;
Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
δεῦτε ἀποδώμέθᾳ αὐτὸν τοῖς Ἰσμαηλίτας τούτοις· αἱ δὲ χεῖρες ἐπ’ αὐτόν, ὃτι ἀδελφὸς ἡμῶν καὶ σὰρξ ἡμῶν ἐστίν. ’ ἤκουσαν δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ.
Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.
καὶ παρεπορεύοντο οἱ ἄνθρωποι οἱ Μαδιηναῖοι οἱ ἔμποροι, καὶ ἐξείλκυσαν καὶ ἀνεβίβασαν τὸν ἸωσὴΦ ἐκ τοῦ λάκκου· καὶ ἀπέδοντο τὸν Ἰωσὴφ τοῖς Ἰσμανλίταις εἴκοσι χρυσῶν· καὶ κατήγαγον τὸν ἸωσὴΦ εἰς Αἲγυπτον.
So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver (note: 20 shekels is approximately 8 ounces or 228 grams of silver.) to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
ἀνέστρεψεν δὲ Ῥουβὴν ἐπὶ τὸν λάκκον, καὶ οὐχ ὁρᾷ τὸν ἸωσὴΦ ἐν τῷ λἀκκῳ. καὶ διέρρηξεν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ.
When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
καὶ ἀνέστρεψεν πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ Τὸ παιδάρον οὐκ ἐστιν· ἐγὼ δὲ ποῦ πορεύομαι ἔτι ;
returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”
λαβόντες δὲ τὸν χιτῶνα τοῦ ἸωσὴΦ ἔσφαξαν ἔριφον αἰγῶν, καὶ ἐμόλυναν τὸν χιτῶνα καὶ
Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.
καὶ ἀπέστειλαν τὸν χιτῶνα τὸν ποικίλον καὶ εἰσήνεγκαν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτῶν, καὶ εἶπαν τοῦτον εὕρομεν· ἐπίγνωθι εἰ χιτὼν τοῦ υἱοῦ σού ἐστιν ἢ οὔ.
They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe or not.”
καὶ ἐπέγνω αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν Χιτὼν τοῦ υἱοῦ ἐστιν· θηρίον πονηρὸν κατέφαγεν αὐτόν, θηρίον ἥρπασεν τὸν ἸωσήΦ.
His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”
διέρρηξεν δὲ Ιακὼβ τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπέθετο σάκκον ἐπὶ ὀσφὺν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπένθει τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἡμέρας τινάς.
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
συνήχθησαν δὲ πάντες οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες, καὶ ἦλθον παρακαλέσαι αὐτόν· καὶ οὐκ ἤθελεν παρακαλεῖσθαι, λέγων ὂτι Καταβήσομαι πρὸς τὸν υἱόν μου πενθῶν εἰς ᾅδου· καὶ ἔκλαυσεν αὐτὸν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ. οἱ δὲ Μαδιηναῖοι ἀπέδοντο τὸν ἸωσὴΦ εἰς Αἴγυπτον τῷ Πετρεφῇ σπάδοντι Φαραὼ ἀρχιμαγείρῳ.
All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.