¹And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

¹Jakob je torej bival v deželi tujčevanja očeta svojega, v deželi Kanaanski.

²These 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.

²Ti so rodovi Jakobovi: Jožef, star sedemnajst let, je pasel z brati svojimi čredo, in bil je kot deček pri sinovih Bilhe in pri sinovih Zilpe, žen očeta svojega. In Jožef je poročal njih očetu, kadar je šel hud glas o njih.

³Now 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 colors.

³Izrael pa je bolj ljubil Jožefa nego vse svoje sinove, zato ker mu je bil v starosti rojen, in naredil mu je dolgo, pisano suknjo.

⁴And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

⁴Ko so pa videli bratje njegovi, da ga bolj ljubi njih oče nego vse njegove brate, so ga sovražili in ga niso mogli prijazno ogovoriti.

⁵And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

⁵Imel pa je Jožef sanje in jih je pripovedoval bratom svojim; zategadelj so ga še bolj sovražili.

⁶And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

⁶Rekel jim je namreč: Poslušajte vendar sanje te, ki sem jih imel.

⁷For, 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.

⁷Glejte, vezali smo snope na polju, in glejte, moj snop se je vzdignil in je stal, glejte pa, vaši snopi so hodili okrog in se priklanjali mojemu snopu.

⁸And 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.

⁸Tedaj mu reko bratje njegovi: Hočeš li kar kraljevati nam ali kar gospodovati nam? In so ga še bolj sovražili zaradi sanj njegovih in zaradi njegovih besed.

⁹And 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.

⁹Nato je imel še druge sanje in jih je povedal bratom svojim ter rekel: Glejte, imel sem še sanje; glejte pa, solne in mesec in enajst zvezd se je klanjalo meni.

¹⁰And 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?

¹⁰Ko je pa pripovedoval očetu svojemu in bratom svojim, ga pokara oče in mu reče: Kake so te sanje, ki si jih imel? Pridemo li res jaz in mati tvoja in bratje tvoji, da se ti priklonimo do tal?

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

¹¹Zavidali so mu torej bratje njegovi, oče njegov pa je to besedo ohranil v misli.

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

¹²Ko so pa odšli bratje njegovi past čredo očeta svojega poleg Sihema,

¹³And 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.

¹³reče Izrael Jožefu: Ali ne paso bratje tvoji poleg Sihema? Pojdi, pošljem te k njim. On pa mu reče: Tukaj sem.

¹⁴And 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.

¹⁴Nato mu veli: Pojdi torej in poglej, ali so zdravi bratje tvoji in zdrava čreda, in sporoči mi kaj. Tako ga je poslal iz Hebronske doline, in Jožef krene proti Sihemu.

¹⁵And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

¹⁵Najde pa ga neki mož, ko je, glej, taval po polju, in vpraša ga tisti mož, rekoč: Kaj iščeš?

¹⁶And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.

¹⁶On pa reče: Brate svoje iščem; povej mi, prosim, kje neki pasejo.

¹⁷And 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.

¹⁷Mož pa reče: Šli so iz tega kraja, kajti slišal sem, ko so rekli: Pojdimo v Dotan. Jožef je šel torej za brati svojimi ter jih najde v Dotanu.

¹⁸And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

¹⁸Oni pa ga zagledajo oddaleč, in ko ni bil še prišel do njih, so skovali zvijačo zoper njega, da ga usmrte.

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

¹⁹Reko namreč drug drugemu: Glejte, tisti gospod sanj prihaja.

²⁰Come 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.

²⁰Sedaj torej, dejte, umorimo ga in vrzimo ga v enega tistih vodnjakov, pa porečemo: Huda zver ga je požrla; in bomo videli, kaj bode iz sanj njegovih.

²¹And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

²¹Ali ko je slišal Ruben, ga otme iz njih rok, rekoč: Ne udarimo ga smrtno!

²²And 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.

²²In jim reče Ruben: Ne prelivajte krvi; vrzite ga v tisti vodnjak, ki je v puščavi, in ne položite roke nanj! – da bi ga otel iz njih rok ter ga pripeljal k svojemu očetu.

²³And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colors that was on him;

²³In zgodi se, ko je prišel Jožef k bratom svojim, da mu slečejo suknjo, tisto pisano, dolgo suknjo, s katero je bil oblečen,

²⁴And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

²⁴in ga vzemo ter vržejo v tisti vodnjak. Vodnjak pa je bil prazen, vode ni bilo v njem.

²⁵And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

²⁵Nato sedejo, da použijejo kruh; in povzdignejo oči ter vidijo, in glej družbo popotnih Izmaelcev, ki so prihajali iz Gileada; njih velblodi otovorjeni z dišavami in mazilom in miro, in potovali so, da bi to prinesli v Egipt.

²⁶And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

²⁶In Juda reče bratom svojim: Kaj bode dobička, če umorimo brata svojega in skrijemo kri njegovo?

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 brethren were content.

²⁷Dejte, prodajmo ga Izmaelcem, in roke naše naj se nad njim ne pregreše, zakaj brat je naš, meso naše. In poslušali so ga bratje njegovi.

²⁸Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

²⁸Ko so torej mimo šli kupci madianski, izvlečejo ter potegnejo Jožefa iz vodnjaka in ga prodado Izmaelcem za dvajset srebrnikov. Ti pa odpeljejo Jožefa v Egipt.

²⁹And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.

²⁹Ko se je pa vrnil Ruben k vodnjaku, glej, ni bilo Jožefa v vodnjaku; in raztrga oblačila svoja.

³⁰And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?

³⁰In se vrne k bratom svojim in reče: Dečka ni tu, jaz pa kam naj se obrnem?

³¹And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;

³¹Tedaj vzemo suknjo Jožefovo in zakoljejo kozliča in jo pomočijo v kri njegovo.

³²And they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.

³²Potem pošljejo tisto dolgo, pisano suknjo in jo velé nesti k njih očetu, ter reko: To smo našli; poglej vendar, je li ta suknja sinú tvojega ali ne.

³³And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

³³On pa jo je spoznal in reče: Suknja je sina mojega; huda zver ga je požrla; raztrgan, dá, raztrgan je Jožef!

³⁴And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

³⁴In Jakob raztrga oblačila svoja ter si ogrne ledja z žimovino, in žaloval je po sinu svojem mnogo dni.

³⁵And 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.

³⁵In vstali so vsi sinovi njegovi in vse hčere njegove, da bi ga tolažili, a branil se je tolažbe, govoreč: Ne, kajti doli pojdem žalosten k sinu svojemu v grob [Hebrejski šeol, t. j. bivališče mrtvih, država smrti.]. In jokal je oče njegov za njim.Madiani pa ga prodado v Egipt Potifarju, dvorniku Faraonovemu, načelniku telesne straže.

³⁶And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.

³⁶Madiani pa ga prodado v Egipt Potifarju, dvorniku Faraonovemu, načelniku telesne straže.