Gn 37 (King James)

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.
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.

Gn 37 (Segond 1910)

¹ Jacob demeura dans le pays de Canaan, où avait séjourné son père.
² Voici la postérité de Jacob. Joseph, âgé de dix-sept ans, faisait paître le troupeau avec ses frères ; cet enfant était auprès des fils de Bilha et des fils de Zilpa, femmes de son père. Et Joseph rapportait à leur père leurs mauvais propos.
³ Israël aimait Joseph plus que tous ses autres fils, parce qu'il l'avait eu dans sa vieillesse ; et il lui fit une tunique de plusieurs couleurs.
⁴ Ses frères virent que leur père l'aimait plus qu'eux tous, et ils le prirent en haine. Ils ne pouvaient lui parler avec amitié.
⁵ Joseph eut un songe, et il le raconta à ses frères, qui le haïrent encore davantage.
⁶ Il leur dit: Écoutez donc ce songe que j'ai eu !
⁷ Nous étions à lier des gerbes au milieu des champs ; et voici, ma gerbe se leva et se tint debout, et vos gerbes l'entourèrent et se prosternèrent devant elle.
⁸ Ses frères lui dirent: Est-ce que tu régneras sur nous ? est-ce que tu nous gouverneras ? Et ils le haïrent encore davantage, à cause de ses songes et à cause de ses paroles.
⁹ Il eut encore un autre songe, et il le raconta à ses frères. Il dit: J'ai eu encore un songe ! Et voici, le soleil, la lune et onze étoiles se prosternaient devant moi.
¹⁰ Il le raconta à son père et à ses frères. Son père le réprimanda, et lui dit: Que signifie ce songe que tu as eu ? Faut-il que nous venions, moi, ta mère et tes frères, nous prosterner en terre devant toi ?
¹¹ Ses frères eurent de l'envie contre lui, mais son père garda le souvenir de ces choses.
¹² Les frères de Joseph étant allés à Sichem, pour faire paître le troupeau de leur père,
¹³ Israël dit à Joseph: Tes frères ne font-ils pas paître le troupeau à Sichem ? Viens, je veux t'envoyer vers eux. Et il répondit: Me voici !
¹⁴ Israël lui dit: Va, je te prie, et vois si tes frères sont en bonne santé et si le troupeau est en bon état ; et tu m'en rapporteras des nouvelles. Il l'envoya ainsi de la vallée d'Hébron ; et Joseph alla à Sichem.
¹⁵ Un homme le rencontra, comme il errait dans les champs. Il le questionna, en disant: Que cherches-tu ?
¹⁶ Joseph répondit: Je cherche mes frères ; dis-moi, je te prie, où ils font paître leur troupeau.
¹⁷ Et l'homme dit: Ils sont partis d'ici ; car je les ai entendus dire: Allons à Dothan. Joseph alla après ses frères, et il les trouva à Dothan.
¹⁸ Ils le virent de loin ; et, avant qu'il fût près d'eux, ils complotèrent de le faire mourir.
¹⁹ Ils se dirent l'un à l'autre: Voici le faiseur de songes qui arrive.
²⁰ Venez maintenant, tuons-le, et jetons-le dans une des citernes ; nous dirons qu'une bête féroce l'a dévoré, et nous verrons ce que deviendront ses songes.
²¹ Ruben entendit cela, et il le délivra de leurs mains. Il dit: Ne lui ôtons pas la vie.
²² Ruben leur dit: Ne répandez point de sang ; jetez-le dans cette citerne qui est au désert, et ne mettez pas la main sur lui. Il avait dessein de le délivrer de leurs mains pour le faire retourner vers son père.
²³ Lorsque Joseph fut arrivé auprès de ses frères, ils le dépouillèrent de sa tunique, de la tunique de plusieurs couleurs, qu'il avait sur lui.
²⁴ Ils le prirent, et le jetèrent dans la citerne. Cette citerne était vide ; il n'y avait point d'eau.
²⁵ Ils s'assirent ensuite pour manger. Ayant levé les yeux, ils virent une caravane d'Ismaélites venant de Galaad ; leurs chameaux étaient chargés d'aromates, de baume et de myrrhe, qu'ils transportaient en Égypte.
²⁶ Alors Juda dit à ses frères: Que gagnerons-nous à tuer notre frère et à cacher son sang ?
²⁷ Venez, vendons-le aux Ismaélites, et ne mettons pas la main sur lui, car il est notre frère, notre chair. Et ses frères l'écoutèrent.
²⁸ Au passage des marchands madianites, ils tirèrent et firent remonter Joseph hors de la citerne ; et ils le vendirent pour vingt sicles d'argent aux Ismaélites, qui l'emmenèrent en Égypte.
²⁹ Ruben revint à la citerne ; et voici, Joseph n'était plus dans la citerne. Il déchira ses vêtements,
³⁰ retourna vers ses frères, et dit: L'enfant n'y est plus ! Et moi, où irai-je ?
³¹ Ils prirent alors la tunique de Joseph ; et, ayant tué un bouc, ils plongèrent la tunique dans le sang.
³² Ils envoyèrent à leur père la tunique de plusieurs couleurs, en lui faisant dire: Voici ce que nous avons trouvé ! reconnais si c'est la tunique de ton fils, ou non.
³³ Jacob la reconnut, et dit: C'est la tunique de mon fils ! une bête féroce l'a dévoré ! Joseph a été mis en pièces !
³⁴ Et il déchira ses vêtements, il mit un sac sur ses reins, et il porta longtemps le deuil de son fils.
³⁵ Tous ses fils et toutes ses filles vinrent pour le consoler ; mais il ne voulut recevoir aucune consolation. Il disait: C'est en pleurant que je descendrai vers mon fils au séjour des morts ! Et il pleurait son fils.
³⁶ Les Madianites le vendirent en Égypte à Potiphar, officier de Pharaon, chef des gardes.

Gn 37 (Vulgate)

¹ Habitavit autem Jacob in terra Chanaan, in qua pater suus peregrinatus est.
² Et hæ sunt generationes ejus : Joseph cum sedecim esset annorum, pascebat gregem cum fratribus suis adhuc puer : et erat cum filiis Balæ et Zelphæ uxorum patris sui : accusavitque fratres suos apud patrem crimine pessimo.
³ Israël autem diligebat Joseph super omnes filios suos, eo quod in senectute genuisset eum : fecitque ei tunicam polymitam.
⁴ Videntes autem fratres ejus quod a patre plus cunctis filiis amaretur, oderant eum, nec poterant ei quidquam pacifice loqui.
⁵ Accidit quoque ut visum somnium referret fratribus suis : quæ causa majoris odii seminarium fuit.
⁶ Dixitque ad eos : Audite somnium meum quod vidi :
⁷ putabam nos ligare manipulos in agro : et quasi consurgere manipulum meum, et stare, vestrosque manipulos circumstantes adorare manipulum meum.
⁸ Responderunt fratres ejus : Numquid rex noster eris ? aut subjiciemur ditioni tuæ ? Hæc ergo causa somniorum atque sermonum, invidiæ et odii fomitem ministravit.
⁹ Aliud quoque vidit somnium, quod narrans fratribus, ait : Vidi per somnium, quasi solem, et lunam, et stellas undecim adorare me.
¹⁰ Quod cum patri suo, et fratribus retulisset, increpavit eum pater suus, et dixit : Quid sibi vult hoc somnium quod vidisti ? num ego et mater tua, et fratres tui adorabimus te super terram ?
¹¹ Invidebant ei igitur fratres sui : pater vero rem tacitus considerabat.
¹² Cumque fratres illius in pascendis gregibus patris morarentur in Sichem,
¹³ dixit ad eum Israël : Fratres tui pascunt oves in Sichimis : veni, mittam te ad eos. Quo respondente,
¹⁴ Præsto sum, ait ei : Vade, et vide si cuncta prospera sint erga fratres tuos, et pecora : et renuntia mihi quid agatur. Missus de valle Hebron, venit in Sichem :
¹⁵ invenitque eum vir errantem in agro, et interrogavit quid quæreret.
¹⁶ At ille respondit : Fratres meos quæro : indica mihi ubi pascant greges.
¹⁷ Dixitque ei vir : Recesserunt de loco isto : audivi autem eos dicentes : Eamus in Dothain. Perrexit ergo Joseph post fratres suos, et invenit eos in Dothain.
¹⁸ Qui cum vidissent eum procul, antequam accederet ad eos, cogitaverunt illum occidere :
¹⁹ et mutuo loquebantur : Ecce somniator venit :
²⁰ venite, occidamus eum, et mittamus in cisternam veterem : dicemusque : Fera pessima devoravit eum : et tunc apparebit quid illi prosint somnia sua.
²¹ Audiens autem hoc Ruben, nitebatur liberare eum de manibus eorum, et dicebat :
²² Non interficiatis animam ejus, nec effundatis sanguinem : sed projicite eum in cisternam hanc, quæ est in solitudine, manusque vestras servate innoxias : hoc autem dicebat, volens eripere eum de manibus eorum, et reddere patri suo.
²³ Confestim igitur ut pervenit ad fratres suos, nudaverunt eum tunica talari et polymita :
²⁴ miseruntque eum in cisternam veterem, quæ non habebat aquam.
²⁵ Et sedentes ut comederent panem, viderunt Ismaëlitas viatores venire de Galaad, et camelos eorum portantes aromata, et resinam, et stacten in Ægyptum.
²⁶ Dixit ergo Judas fratribus suis : Quid nobis prodest si occiderimus fratrem nostrum, et celaverimus sanguinem ipsius ?
²⁷ melius est ut venundetur Ismaëlitis, et manus nostræ non polluantur : frater enim et caro nostra est. Acquieverunt fratres sermonibus illius.
²⁸ Et prætereuntibus Madianitis negotiatoribus, extrahentes eum de cisterna, vendiderunt eum Ismaëlitis, viginti argenteis : qui duxerunt eum in Ægyptum.
²⁹ Reversusque Ruben ad cisternam, non invenit puerum :
³⁰ et scissis vestibus pergens ad fratres suos, ait : Puer non comparet, et ego quo ibo ?
³¹ Tulerunt autem tunicam ejus, et in sanguine hædi, quem occiderant, tinxerunt :
³² mittentes qui ferrent ad patrem, et dicerent : Hanc invenimus : vide utrum tunica filii tui sit, an non.
³³ Quam cum agnovisset pater, ait : Tunica filii mei est : fera pessima comedit eum, bestia devoravit Joseph.
³⁴ Scissisque vestibus, indutus est cilicio, lugens filium suum multo tempore.
³⁵ Congregatis autem cunctis liberis ejus ut lenirent dolorem patris, noluit consolationem accipere, sed ait : Descendam ad filium meum lugens in infernum. Et illo perseverante in fletu,
³⁶ Madianitæ vendiderunt Joseph in Ægypto Putiphari eunucho Pharaonis, magistro militum.