to(cphs dreames. GENESIS X X X VII.' His death confpired. 133 2 Canaan.Thefear: the generations of Jacob; Jofeph beirg feventeene yeares old,was fee- ding the flock with his brethren, & he was a lad ; with the fonnes of Bilhah and with the Cons of Zilpah,his fathers wives : and Jofeph brought theirevili report , unto his Father. 3 And Jfrael , loved Jofeph , more then all his ions; becaufe he was thefonne of old age, unto him : and he made him a coat of many 4 colours. And his brethrenfaw,that their fa- ther loved him , more then all his brethren ; and they hated him : and could not fpeak to 5 him, with peace. And Jofeph dreamed a dreame;and he told it to bis brethren,& they 6 hated him, yet the more. And he faid unto them;I3eare I pray you this dreame,which I 7 have dreamed. For behold,we were binding (heaves,within the field; and loe my fheafe arofe and alfo flood upright : and loe your iheaves,compaffed-about; & bowed-down 8 themfelves to my fheafe. And his brethren fate! to him ; fhalt thou reigning teigne over us, or ruling rule over ns ? and they hated him, yet the more; for his dreames, and for 9 his words. And hee dreamed yet another dreame;and told it to his brethren: and faid, behold I have dreamed yet a dreame ; and behold,the Sun and the Moone, and eleven Starres bowed.downe themfelvesunto me. 1 o And hee told it to his father, and to his bre- thren : and his father rebuked him,and fayd unto him;what a dreame is this , which thou haft dreamed? (hall I, &thy mother and thy brethren,comming come,to bow-down our felves to thee, to the earth a And his bre- thren enyied him : but his father obferved 13 the Paying. And his brethrenwent , to feed Iz their fathers flocke, in Sechem. And Ifrael faid unto Jofeph; Doe not thy brethren feed in Sechem? Come,and I will fend thee unto 14 them: and he faid to him,loe here am z. And he faid to hint ;Goe I pray thee,fee the peace of thy brethren,and the peace of the flocke; and bring me word againe :, and he fent him from the valley of Chebron,and he came to 15 Sechem. And a man found him;and behold he was wandring in the field : and the man 16 asked him faying, what feekefl thou ? And he faid, I am Peeking my brethren : tell me, 17 I pray thee,whereare thiy feeding ? And the man faid they are departed hence, for I heard them faying , Let us goe to Dothan : AndIofeph , went after his brethren ; and 18 found them in Dothan. Andthey law him, a farce off: and beforehee came -neere unto them , theycraftily.confpircd againti him, II to flay him.And they Paid each man unto his 19 brother : behold , this mailer of dreames is com:niag. And now, come and let us kill zo him , and cati him into one of the pits ; and weewill fay, an evil! wild -bead hath eaten him, and we fhall fee, what his dreames will be. And Reuben heard it ; and he delivered him, out of their hand : and laid, let us not finite him, in foule. And Reuben laid unto them ; Shed no blood; tail him , into this pit which is in the wifderneffe , and lay no hand upon him : that, he might deliver him, ouyof their hand ; to returne him unto his father. And it was, when Iofeph was come unto his brethren : that they ftript Iofeph out of his coat : the coat of many colours : which war on him. And they tooke him, and call him into a pit : and the pit was emp- ty there was no water in it. And they fate - downc,to eat bread : and they lifted up their eyes,and faw;and behold,a wayfaring com- pany of lfmaelites,wascomming from Gile- ad : and theircamels bearing, fpicery, and balmeand myrrh;going to cary it downe to Egypt. And Iiidah faid, unto his brethren : what profitis it,ifwee kill our brother,and conceale his blood? Come, & let us fell him to the Ifmaelites ;and let not our hand be up- onhim; for he is our brother,our flefh: & his brethren hearkened. And there paffed by, Midianites merchant men ; and they drew, and lifted-up Iofeph, out of the pit;and fold Iofeph to the Ifmaelites,for twenty( fhekels) of !dyer : and they brought Iofeph, into E. gypt. And Reuben returned,unto the pit; & behold Iofeph,was not in the pit:and he rent his clothes. And hee returned unto his bre- thren,and faid: the lad is not;and I, whither (hall Igo ? And they took iofephs coat:and killed a kid of the goats;and dipped the coat in the blood. And they Pent the coat ofma- ny- colours , and they brought it to their fa- ther; and faid, this have wee found : know now whether it be thy fonnes coat, or no. And he knew it, and faid, my fonnes coat;an evil! wild -beaft hash eaten him : Io- feph is torne istorne -in- peeces. And Iakob rent his garments , and put fackcloth upon his loines : and mourned for his fonne,many daies. And all his fonnes, and all his daug h- ters,rofe-up to comfort him ; and he refuted tobe comforted : and he faid, for I will goe down untomy fonne,mourning,tohell: and his father wept for him. And the Midianites fold him intoEgypt unto Potiphar , an Eu- nuch of Pharaohs;the Provoft Markhall. N Atzgeta:ions 2I 22 23 24 25 z6 27 28 29 3© 31 32 34 35 36
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