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Joseph Dreams of Greatness

¹Now Jacob dwelt in the land ⚓where his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. ²This is the history of Jacob.
Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. And the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought a ⚓bad report of them to his father.
³Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was⚓the son of his old age. Also he ⚓made him a tunic of many colors. ⁴But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they ⚓hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.
⁵Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more. ⁶So he said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed: ⁷⚓There we were, binding sheaves in the field. Then behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and indeed your sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my sheaf.”
⁸And his brothers said to him, “Shall you indeed reign over us? Or shall you indeed have dominion over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.
⁹Then he dreamed still another dream and told it to his brothers, and said, “Look, I have dreamed another dream. And this time, ⚓the sun, the moon, and the eleven stars bowed down to me.”
¹⁰So he told it to his father and his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall your mother and I and ⚓your brothers indeed come to bow down to the earth before you?” ¹¹And ⚓his brothers envied him, but his father ⚓kept the matter in mind.

Joseph Sold by His Brothers

¹²Then his brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem. ¹³And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers feeding the flock in ⚓Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.”
So he said to him, “Here I am.”
¹⁴Then he 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 went to Shechem.
¹⁵Now a certain man found him, and there he was, wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying, “What are you seeking?”
¹⁶So he said, “I am seeking my brothers. ⚓Please tell me where they are feeding their flocks.”
¹⁷And the man said, “They have departed from here, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’ ” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them in ⚓Dothan.
¹⁸Now when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, ⚓they conspired against him to kill him. ¹⁹Then they said to one another, “Look, this dreamer is coming! ²⁰⚓Come therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall see what will become of his dreams!”
²¹But ⚓Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands, and said, “Let us not kill him.” ²²And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness, and do not lay a hand on him”—that he might deliver him out of their hands, and bring him back to his father.
²³So it came to pass, when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they ⚓stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him. ²⁴Then 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 a meal. Then they lifted their eyes and looked, and there was a company of ⚓Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead with their camels, bearing spices, ⚓balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry them down to Egypt. ²⁶So Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and ⚓conceal his blood? ²⁷Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and ⚓let not our hand be upon him, for he is⚓our brother and⚓our flesh.” And his brothers listened. ²⁸Then ⚓Midianite traders passed by; so the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, ⚓and sold him to the Ishmaelites for ⚓twenty shekels of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.
²⁹Then Reuben returned to the pit, and indeed Joseph was not in the pit; and he ⚓tore his clothes. ³⁰And he returned to his brothers and said, “The lad ⚓is no more; and I, where shall I go?”
³¹So they took ⚓Joseph’s tunic, killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the tunic in the blood. ³²Then they sent the tunic of many colors, and they brought it to their father and said, “We have found this. Do you know whether it is your son’s tunic or not?”
³³And he recognized it and said, “It is my son’s tunic. A ⚓wild beast has devoured him. Without doubt Joseph is torn to pieces.” ³⁴Then Jacob ⚓tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his waist, and ⚓mourned for his son many days. ³⁵And all his sons and all his daughters ⚓arose to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, “For ⚓I shall go down into the grave to my son in mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.
³⁶Now ⚓the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

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Yauxej Thiab Nws Cov Tijlaug

¹Yakhauj tseem nyob hauv tebchaws Kana-as uas nws txiv ibtxwm nyob thaum ub los lawm, ²zaj no yog hais txog Yakhauj tsevneeg lub neej.
Yauxej yog ib tug tub hluas uas hnubnyoog muaj kaum xya xyoo, nws mus yug yaj thiab tshis nrog nws cov tijlaug uas yog Npilehas thiab Xilepas uas yog nws txiv ob tug niamyau cov tub. Yauxej pheej coj tej yam tsis zoo uas nws cov tijlaug ua los piav qhia rau nws txiv mloog.
³Tagnrho Yakhauj cov tub, mas Yakhauj hlub Yauxej tshaj cov huv tibsi, rau qhov nws muaj Yauxej thaum uas nws laus heev lawm. Nws xaws tau ib lub tsho ntev rau Yauxej hnav. ⁴Thaum Yauxej cov tijlaug pom hais tias, lawv txiv hlub Yauxej tshaj li hlub lawv lawm, lawv thiaj ntxub lawv tus kwv kawg nkaus li, thiab ua rau lawv tsis xav hais ib lo lus zoo rau Yauxej.
⁵Muaj ib zaug Yauxej txawm ua npau suav, thiab thaum nws qhia zaj npau suav ntawd rau nws cov tijlaug mloog tas, ua rau lawv yimhuab ntxub nws heev. ⁶Yauxej hais tias, “Kuv yuav piav kuv zaj npau suav rau nej mloog. ⁷Peb sawvdaws puavleej pav peb cov tes nplej hauv teb, thaum pav tau lawm, kuv tes nplej txawm sawv nres nroos. Ces nej cov tes nplej sawv los vij kuv tes thiab cia li nyo zom zaws los pe kuv tes nplej.”
⁸Nws cov tijlaug nug hais tias, “Koj xav hais tias, koj yuav tau ua vajntxwv kav peb no los?” Yog li ntawd, lawv thiaj yimhuab ntxub nws heev, vim zaj npau suav thiab tej lus uas nws piav rau lawv mloog ntawd.
⁹Ces Yauxej rov ua ib zaj npau suav dua thiab nws qhia rau nws cov tijlaug mloog hais tias, “Kuv ua dua ib zaj npau suav, kuv pom lub hnub, lub hli thiab kaum ib lub hnubqub pe kuv zom zaws.”
¹⁰Nws piav zaj npau suav no rau nws txiv mloog huv tibsi thiab, nws txiv txawm yws nws hais tias, “Ua cas koj yuav txawj ua npau suav ua luaj li? Koj xav hais tias koj niam wb thiab koj cov tijlaug, peb sawvdaws yuav tau los txhos caug pe koj no los?” ¹¹Yauxej cov tijlaug yimhuab khib heev, tiamsis nws txiv xav ntsoov zaj npau suav ntawd rau nruab siab.

Muag Yauxej Mus Rau Tebchaws Iziv

¹²Muaj ib hnub Yauxej cov tijlaug mus yug lawv txiv pab tsiaj rau pem Sekhees, ¹³Yakhauj hais rau Yauxej hais tias, “Kuv yuav txib koj mus pem Sekhees, qhov chaw uas koj cov tijlaug yug tsiaj.”
Yauxej teb hais tias, “Aw! Kuv mam mus!”
¹⁴Nws txiv hais rau nws hais tias, “Koj cia li mus saib, yog koj cov tijlaug noj qab nyob zoo thiab tej tsiaj los nyob txhij txhua, ces koj rov qab los qhia rau kuv paub.” Yog li ntawd, nws txiv thiaj tso nws sawv kev hauv lub Hav Henploos mus lawm.
Yauxej mus txog pem Sekhees, ¹⁵thiab nws ncig mus ncig los ntawm roob mojsab, muaj ib tug txivneej pom nws thiab nug nws hais tias, “Koj nrhiav dabtsi?”
¹⁶Yauxej teb hais tias, “Kuv tuaj nrhiav kuv cov tijlaug uas lawv tuaj yug lawv cov tsiaj, koj puas paub lawv nyob qhov twg thov koj qhia rau kuv?”
¹⁷Tus txivneej ntawm teb hais tias, “Lawv tsis nyob ntawm no lawm. Kuv hnov lawv hais tias, lawv yuav mus rau tom lub nroog Dauthas.” Yog li ntawd, Yauxej thiaj raws cov tijlaug qab mus thiab pom lawv nyob tom Dauthas.
¹⁸Thaum Yauxej cov tijlaug pom Yauxej tuaj txog puag tim ub, coj tijlaug txawm tuavhauv tua Yauxej povtseg. ¹⁹Lawv ib leeg hais rau ib leeg hais tias, “Tus uas txawj ua npau suav ntawd tuaj lawm. ²⁰Zaum no, peb muab nws tua povtseg thiab muab nws coj mus pov rau hauv cov qhovtshij qhuav no ib lub. Peb mam dag hais tias yog tsov tom nws lawm. Saib nws tej npau suav yuav muaj dabtsi tshwm tuaj.”
²¹Thaum Lunpees hnov lawv hais li ntawd, nws nrhiav tswvyim pab cawm Yauxej, nws thiaj hais tias, “Cia peb tsis txhob muab Yauxej tua povtseg. ²²Peb cia li muab nws pov rau hauv lub qhovtshij uas nyob ntawm roob mojsab qhua no xwb, tsis txhob ua kom nws nqaij ntuag ntshav nrog.” Lunpees hais li no, rau qhov nws xav pab kom Yauxej dim ntawm lawv thiab tso nws rov mus cuag nws txiv. ²³Thaum Yauxej tuaj txog ntawm cov tijlaug lawm, lawv txawm sau nthwv los ntes nws thiab muab nws lub tsho ntev hle hlo. ²⁴Ces lawv txawm coj nws mus pov rau hauv lub qhovtshij uas tsis muaj dej.
²⁵Thaum lawv tseem tabtom noj mov, lawv txawm pom ib pab neeg Yisamayees taug kev pem lub nroog Nkile-as tuaj mus rau nram tebchaws Iziv. Lawv cab ntxhuav thauj tej tshuaj tsw qab thiab txujlom mus muag. ²⁶Yudas hais rau nws cov kwvtij hais tias, “Yog peb muab peb tus kwv tua povtseg thiab npog txojkev tua neeg no cia, peb yuav tau tus dabtsi? ²⁷Peb muab nws muag rau cov neeg Yisamayees ntawd ntshai yuav zoo dua. Ces peb tsis txhob ua rau nws nqaij ntuag ntshav nrog, rau qhov nws yeej yog peb tug kwv thiab nrog peb koom roj koom ntshav.” Nws cov kwvtij kuj pom zoo li nws hais, ²⁸thaum cov tub lag tub luam uas yog neeg Midias tuaj txog, cov tijlaug thiaj li rub Yauxej tawm hauv lub qhovtshij los thiab muab nws muag rau cov Yisamayees ua nees nkaum daim nyiaj. Luag thiaj coj Yauxej mus rau nram tebchaws Iziv lawm.
²⁹Thaum Lunpees rov qab mus xauj hauv lub qhovtshij tsis pom Yauxej nyob hauv lawm, nws ntxhov siab heev thiab dua rhe nws lub tsho povtseg. ³⁰Nws rov qab los cuag nws cov kwv thiab hais rau lawv hais tias, “Tsis pom Yauxej nyob hauv lub qhovtshij lawm, xyov kuv yuav ua li cas lauj?”
³¹Ces lawv txawm muab ib tug tshis tua thiab muab Yauxej lub tsho ntev mus raus rau hauv cov ntshav tshis. ³²Lawv nqa lub tsho ntev ntawd mus qhia rau lawv txiv thiab hais tias, “Peb khaws tau lub tsho no. Koj sim xyuas saib puas yog koj tus tub lub tsho los tsis yog?”
³³Yakhauj nco tau lub tsho ntawd zoo thiab hais tias, “Yog tiag, lub tsho no yog Yauxej lub! Tej tsiaj nyaum yeej muab kuv tus tub tom lawm tiag. Kuv tus tub Yauxej tau raug dua ua tej daim lawm lauj!” ³⁴Yakhauj dua rhe nws lub tsho povtseg thiab muab ntaubtsaj los npua, ua kev tu siab quaj ntsuag. Nws quaj nco txog nws tus tub tau ntev loo. ³⁵Tagnrho nws tej tub tej ntxhais puavleej los nplig nws siab, tiamsis nws yeej tsis mloog leejtwg hais thiab nws hais tias, “Kuv yuav quaj ntsuag kuv tus tub li no mus txog thaum kuv txojsia tu mus nrog nws nyob.” Yog li ntawd, nws pheej quaj nws tus tub Yauxej li.
³⁶Thaum cov tub lag tub luam uas yog neeg Midias mus txog nram tebchaws Iziv lawm, lawv txawm muab Yauxej muag rau Pautifas uas yog Falaus ib tug thawj tubrog saib cov tubrog uas zov Falaus lub loog.