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 (Ostervald)

¹ Or, Jacob demeura au pays où son père avait séjourné, au pays de Canaan.
² Voici l'histoire des descendants de Jacob. Joseph, âgé de dix-sept ans, paissait les troupeaux avec ses frères; et il était jeune berger auprès des fils de Bilha, et auprès des fils de Zilpa, femmes de son père. Et Joseph rapporta à leur père leurs mauvais discours.
³ Or, Israël aimait Joseph plus que tous ses autres fils, car c'était le fils de sa vieillesse; et il lui fit une robe de diverses couleurs.
⁴ Mais ses frères, voyant que leur père l'aimait plus que tous ses frères, le haïssaient, et ne pouvaient lui parler sans aigreur.
⁵ Et Joseph eut un songe, et le fit connaître à ses frères, et ils le haïrent encore plus.
⁶ Il leur dit donc: Écoutez, je vous prie, ce songe que j'ai eu.
⁷ Voici, nous étions à lier des gerbes au milieu des champs. Et voici, ma gerbe se leva et se tint debout. Et voici, vos gerbes l'environnèrent et se prosternèrent devant ma gerbe.
⁸ Alors ses frères lui dirent: Régnerais-tu donc sur nous? ou nous gouvernerais-tu? Et ils le haïrent encore plus pour ses songes et pour ses paroles.
⁹ Il eut encore un autre songe et le raconta à ses frères, et il dit: Voici, j'ai eu encore un songe. Et voici, le soleil, et la lune, et onze étoiles se prosternaient devant moi.
¹⁰ Et il le raconta à son père, et à ses frères; mais son père le reprit, et lui dit: Que veut dire ce songe que tu as eu? Faudra-t-il que nous venions, moi et ta mère et tes frères, nous prosterner en terre devant toi?
¹¹ Et ses frères furent jaloux de lui; mais son père retint ces choses.
¹² Or, ses frères allèrent paître les troupeaux de leur père à Sichem.
¹³ Et Israël dit à Joseph: Tes frères ne paissent-ils pas les troupeaux à Sichem? Viens, que je t'envoie vers eux. Et il lui répondit: Me voici.
¹⁴ Et il lui dit: Va donc; vois comment vont tes frères et comment vont les troupeaux, et rapporte-m'en des nouvelles. Il l'envoya ainsi de la vallée d'Hébron, et il vint à Sichem.
¹⁵ Et un homme le trouva errant par les champs; et cet homme l'interrogea, et lui dit: Que cherches-tu?
¹⁶ Et il répondit: Je cherche mes frères; enseigne-moi, je te prie, où ils paissent.
¹⁷ Et l'homme dit: Ils sont partis d'ici; car je les ai entendus dire: Allons à Dothaïn. Joseph alla donc après ses frères, et il les trouva à Dothaïn.
¹⁸ Et ils le virent de loin. Et avant qu'il fût près d'eux, ils complotèrent contre lui de le mettre à mort.
¹⁹ Et ils se dirent l'un à l'autre: Voici ce songeur qui vient.
²⁰ Maintenant donc, venez, tuons-le, et le jetons dans quelque fosse, et nous dirons qu'une bête féroce l'a dévoré; et nous verrons ce que deviendront ses songes.
²¹ Mais Ruben entendit cela, et le délivra de leurs mains, et dit: Ne lui ôtons point la vie.
²² Puis Ruben leur dit: Ne répandez point le sang; jetez-le dans cette fosse, qui est au désert, et ne mettez point la main sur lui. C'était pour le délivrer de leurs mains, pour le rendre à son père.
²³ Et dès que Joseph fut arrivé auprès de ses frères, ils le dépouillèrent de sa robe, de la robe de diverses couleurs qui était sur lui.
²⁴ Et ils le saisirent, et le jetèrent dans la fosse. Or la fosse était vide; il n'y avait point d'eau.
²⁵ Ensuite ils s'assirent pour manger le pain. Et, levant les yeux, ils regardèrent, et voici une caravane d'Ismaélites qui venait de Galaad; et leurs chameaux, chargés d'aromates, de baume, et de myrrhe, allaient les porter en Égypte.
²⁶ Et Juda dit à ses frères: A quoi nous servira de tuer notre frère et de cacher son sang?
²⁷ Venez, et vendons-le aux Ismaélites, et que notre main ne soit point sur lui; car il est notre frère, notre chair. Et ses frères lui obéirent.
²⁸ Et comme les marchands Madianites passaient, ils tirèrent et firent remonter Joseph de la fosse; et ils vendirent Joseph pour vingt pièces d'argent aux Ismaélites, qui l'emmenèrent en Égypte.
²⁹ Et Ruben retourna à la fosse, et voici, Joseph n'était plus dans la fosse. Alors il déchira ses vêtements;
³⁰ Et il retourna vers ses frères, et dit: L'enfant n'y est plus; et moi, moi, où irai-je?
³¹ Et ils prirent la robe de Joseph, tuèrent un bouc, et trempèrent la robe dans le sang.
³² Ensuite ils envoyèrent et firent parvenir à leur père la robe de diverses couleurs, en lui faisant dire: Nous avons trouvé ceci; reconnais si c'est la robe de ton fils, ou non.
³³ Et il la reconnut, et dit: C'est la robe de mon fils; une bête féroce l'a dévoré; certainement Joseph a été mis en pièces.
³⁴ Et Jacob déchira ses vêtements, et mit un sac sur ses reins, et mena deuil sur son fils pendant longtemps.
³⁵ Et tous ses fils, et toutes ses filles vinrent pour le consoler; mais il refusa d'être consolé, et il dit: Je descendrai en deuil vers mon fils au Sépulcre! C'est ainsi que son père le pleura.
³⁶ Et 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.