{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/genesis/37","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T09:53:05.997Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":37,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":36,"nextChapter":38,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":36},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Jacob dwelt in the land of Chanaan wherein his father sojourned. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Now it fell out also that he told his brethren a dream, that he had dreamed: which occasioned them to hate him the more. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And he said to them: Hear my dream which I dreamed. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"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? "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"His brethren therefore envied him: but his father considered the thing with himself. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And when his brethren abode in Sichem feeding their father's docks, "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Israel said to him : Thy brethren feed the sheep in Sichem: come, I will send thee to them. And when he answered: "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"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: "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And a man found him there wandering in the field, and asked what he sought. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"But he answered: I seek my brethren; tell me where they feed the docks. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And when they saw him afar off, be- fore he came nigh them, they thought to kill him. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And said one to another: Behold the dreamer cometh. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"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 : "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And Ruben hearing this, endeavoured to deliver him out of their hands, end said: "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And as soon as he came to his brethren, they forthwith stript him of his outside coat, that was of divers colours: "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And cast him into an old pit, where there was no water. "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"And Juda said to his brethren: What will it profit us to kill our brother, and conceal his blood? "},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And Ruben, returning to the pit, found not the boy: "},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"And rending his garments he went to his brethren, and said: The boy doth not appear and whither shall I go? "},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"And they took his coat, and dipped it in the blood of a kid, which they had killed : "},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"And the father acknowledging it, said: It is my son's coat, an evil wild beast hath eaten him, a beast hath devoured Joseph. "},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"And tearing his garments, he put an sackcloth, mourning for his son a long time. "},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"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, "},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"The Madianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Putiphar, an eunuch of Pharao, captain of the soldiers. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 37 (DRB)","markdown":"[Genesis 37](https://primebible.com/drb/genesis/37)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/genesis/37 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}