1Ch 2:1- 2



Sons of Israel



Ge 35:23-26; Ru 4:18-22; Mt 1:3-6



1These are the sons of Israel:

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

2Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.



1 These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi,

and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,

2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.



GENESIS 37



Joseph's Dreams



1 Now Jacob lived in the land where his father was a foreigner,

in the land of Canaan.

2 These are the generations of Jacob.

Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers,

and the boy was with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah,

his father's wives. Joseph brought back

a bad report about them to their father.

3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons,

because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a coat of many colors.

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.

5 Now Joseph dreamed a dream, and when he told it to his brothers,

they hated him even more.

6 He said to them, "Please listen to this dream which I have dreamed.

7 We were binding sheaves in the field. All of a sudden my sheaf rose up

and stood upright, and your sheaves stood around it and bowed down to my sheaf."

8 His brothers said to him, "Will you really reign over us,

or will you really have dominion over us?"

So they hated him even more because of his dreams and his words.

9 Then he dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers and said,

"I have dreamed another dream.

The sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing to me."

10 But when he told it to his father and his brothers,

his father rebuked him and said to him,

"What is this dream that you have dreamed?

Will I and your mother and your brothers

really come to bow down ourselves to you to the ground?"

11 So his brothers were jealous of him,

but his father kept the matter in mind.



[1] And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the

land of Canaan.

[2] These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old,

was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of

Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought

unto his father their evil report.

[3] Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the

son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

[4] 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.

[5] And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated

him yet the more.

[6] And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have

dreamed:

[7] 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.

[8] 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.

[9] 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.

[10] 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?

[11] And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.



(Was Jospeh insecure? His mother died when his younger

bother Benjamin was born, Also was his discernment

in question? And do not forget Yahwah's prediciton to Abraham)



Joseph Sold Into Slavery



12 Now his brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

13 Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers feeding the flock

in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them."

He answered, "Here I am."

14 Israel said to him, "Please go and see if it is well with your brothers

and well with the flocks, and bring back word to me."

So he sent him out of the Valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

15 A certain man found him wandering in the field.

The man asked him, "What are you looking for?"

16 And he said, "I am looking for my brothers.

Please tell me where they are feeding their flocks."

17 The man said, "They have departed from here.

I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.' "

So Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.

18 When they saw him some distance away, before he came near to them,

they conspired against him to kill him.

19 They said one to another, "The master of dreams comes!

20 Come now, let us kill him and throw him into some pit,

and we will say, 'Some evil beast has devoured him.'

Then we will see what will become of his dreams."

21 But when Reuben heard it, he rescued him out of their hands,

saying, "Let us not kill him."

22 Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood, but throw him into this pit

here in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him," so that he might rescue

him out of their hands and deliver him to his father again.

23 When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph

of his coat - his coat of many colors that he had on.

24 And they took him and threw him into a pit.

The pit was empty, and there was no water in it.

25 Then they sat down to eat. And looking up,

they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead,

with their camels bearing spices, balm, and myrrh, carrying it down to Egypt.

26 Then Judah said to his brothers,

"What profit is it if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? 27 Come, let

us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let us not lay our hand on him,

for he is our brother and our own flesh." So his brothers agreed.

28 Then when the Midianite merchants passed by,

they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit

and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver.

They took Joseph to Egypt.

29 When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit,

he tore his clothes. 30 He returned to his brothers, and said,

"The boy is not there, and I, where can I go?"

31 They took Joseph's coat and killed a young goat

and dipped the coat in the blood.

32 Then they took the coat of many colors and brought it to their father

and said, "This we have found.

Do you know whether it is your son's robe or not?"

33 He knew it and said, "It is my son's coat.

A wild beast has devoured him. Joseph has

without a doubt been torn into pieces."

34 Jacob tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his waist

and mourned for his son many days.

35 All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him,

but he refused to be comforted. And he said,

"For I will go down into the grave mourning for my son."

So his father wept for him.

36 Meanwhile the Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar,

an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.



[12] And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

[13] 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.

[14] 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.

[15] And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the

field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

[16] And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed

their flocks.

[17] 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.

[18] And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them,

they conspired against him to slay him.

[19] And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

[20] 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.

[21] And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said,

Let us not kill him.

[22] 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.

[23] 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;

[24] And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty,

there was no water in it.

[25] And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and

looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their

camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

[26] And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our

brother, and conceal his blood?

[27] Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be

upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were

content.

[28] Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted

up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty

pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

[29] And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the

pit; and he rent his clothes.

[30] And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I,

whither shall I go?

[31] And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped

the coat in the blood;

[32] And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their

father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat

or no.

[33] And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath

devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

[34] And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and

mourned for his son many days.

[35] And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he

refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto

my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

[36] And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of

Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.



(Now begins Joseph's journey the Lord has for him)