¹وسكن يعقوب في ارض غربة ابيه في ارض كنعان.

¹And Jacob dwelt in the land where his father sojourned -- in the land of Canaan.

²هذه مواليد يعقوب. يوسف اذ كان ابن سبع عشرة سنة كان يرعى مع اخوته الغنم وهو غلام عند بني بلهة وبني زلفة امرأتي ابيه. واتى يوسف بنميمتهم الرديئة الى ابيهم.

²These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, fed the flock with his brethren; and he was doing service with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought to his father an evil report of them.

³واما اسرائيل فاحب يوسف اكثر من سائر بنيه لانه ابن شيخوخته. فصنع له قميصا ملوّنا.

³And Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was son of his old age; and he made him a vest of many colours.

⁴فلما رأى اخوته ان اباهم احبه اكثر من جميع اخوته ابغضوه ولم يستطيعوا ان يكلموه بسلام

⁴And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, and they hated him, and could not greet him with friendliness.

⁵وحلم يوسف حلما واخبر اخوته. فازدادوا ايضا بغضا له.

⁵And Joseph dreamed a dream, and told [it] to his brethren, and they hated him yet the more.

⁶فقال لهم اسمعوا هذا الحلم الذي حلمت.

⁶And he said to them, Hear, I pray you, this dream, which I have dreamt:

⁷فها نحن حازمون حزما في الحقل. واذا حزمتي قامت وانتصبت فاحتاطت حزمكم وسجدت لحزمتي.

⁷Behold, we were binding sheaves in the fields, and lo, my sheaf rose up, and remained standing; and behold, your sheaves came round about and bowed down to my sheaf.

⁸فقال له اخوته ألعلك تملك علينا ملكا ام تتسلط علينا تسلّطا. وازدادوا ايضا بغضا له من اجل احلامه ومن اجل كلامه.

⁸And his brethren said to him, Wilt thou indeed be a king over us? wilt thou indeed rule over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams and for his words.

⁹ثم حلم ايضا حلما آخر وقصّه على اخوته. فقال اني قد حلمت حلما ايضا واذا الشمس والقمر واحد عشر كوكبا ساجدة لي.

⁹And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamt another dream, and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.

¹⁰وقصّه على ابيه وعلى اخوته. فانتهره ابوه وقال له ما هذا الحلم الذي حلمت. هل نأتي انا وامك واخوتك لنسجد لك الى الارض.

¹⁰And he told [it] to his father and to his brethren. And his father rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream which thou hast dreamt? Shall we indeed come, I and thy mother and thy brethren, to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

¹¹فحسده اخوته. واما ابوه فحفظ الامر

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

¹²ومضى اخوته ليرعوا غنم ابيهم عند شكيم.

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

¹³فقال اسرائيل ليوسف أليس اخوتك يرعون عند شكيم. تعال فارسلك اليهم. فقال له هانذا.

¹³And Israel said to Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed [the flock] at Shechem? Come, that I may send thee to them. And he said to him, Here am I.

¹⁴فقال له اذهب انظر سلامة اخوتك وسلامة الغنم وردّ لي خبرا. فارسله من وطاء حبرون فاتى الى شكيم.

¹⁴And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see after the welfare of thy brethren, and after the welfare of the flock; and bring me word again. And he sent him out of the vale of Hebron; and he came towards Shechem.

¹⁵فوجده رجل واذا هو ضال في الحقل. فساله الرجل قائلا ماذا تطلب.

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

¹⁶فقال انا طالب اخوتي. اخبرني اين يرعون.

¹⁶And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed [their flocks].

¹⁷فقال الرجل قد ارتحلوا من هنا. لاني سمعتهم يقولون لنذهب الى دوثان. فذهب يوسف وراء اخوته فوجدهم في دوثان

¹⁷And the man said, They have removed from this; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them at Dothan.

¹⁸فلما ابصروه من بعيد قبلما اقترب اليهم احتالوا له ليميتوه.

¹⁸And when they saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to put him to death.

¹⁹فقال بعضهم لبعض هوذا هذا صاحب الاحلام قادم.

¹⁹And they said one to another, Behold, there comes that dreamer!

²⁰فالآن هلم نقتله ونطرحه في احدى الآبار ونقول وحش رديء اكله. فنرى ماذا تكون احلامه.

²⁰And now come and let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast has devoured him; and we will see what becomes of his dreams.

²¹فسمع رأوبين وانقذه من ايديهم. وقال لا نقتله.

²¹And Reuben heard [it], and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life.

²²وقال لهم رأوبين لا تسفكوا دما. اطرحوه في هذه البئر التي في البرية ولا تمدوا اليه يدا. لكي ينقذه من ايديهم ليرده الى ابيه.

²²And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood: cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness; but lay no hand upon him -- in order that he might deliver him out of their hand, to bring him to his father again.

²³فكان لما جاء يوسف الى اخوته انهم خلعوا عن يوسف قميصه القميص الملوّن الذي عليه.

²³And it came to pass when Joseph came to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his vest, the vest of many colours, which he had on;

²⁴واخذوه وطرحوه في البئر. واما البئر فكانت فارغة ليس فيها ماء

²⁴and they took him and cast him into the pit; now the pit was empty -- there was no water in it.

²⁵ثم جلسوا ليأكلوا طعاما. فرفعوا عيونهم ونظروا واذا قافلة اسمعيليين مقبلة من جلعاد وجمالهم حاملة كثيراء وبلسانا ولاذنا ذاهبين لينزلوا بها الى مصر.

²⁵And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead; and their camels bore tragacanth, and balsam, and ladanum -- going to carry [it] down to Egypt.

²⁶فقال يهوذا لاخوته ما الفائدة ان نقتل اخانا ونخفي دمه.

²⁶And Judah said to his brethren, What profit is it that we kill our brother and secrete his blood?

²⁷تعالوا فنبيعه للاسمعيليين ولا تكن ايدينا عليه لانه اخونا ولحمنا. فسمع له اخوته.

²⁷Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites; but let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened [to him].

²⁸واجتاز رجال مديانيون تجار. فسحبوا يوسف واصعدوه من البئر وباعوا يوسف للاسمعيليين بعشرين من الفضة. فأتوا بيوسف الى مصر.

²⁸And Midianitish men, merchants, passed by; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silver-pieces; and they brought Joseph to Egypt.

²⁹ورجع رأوبين الى البئر واذا يوسف ليس في البئر. فمزّق ثيابه.

²⁹And Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph [was] not in the pit; and he rent his garments,

³⁰ثم رجع الى اخوته وقال الولد ليس موجودا. وانا الى اين اذهب

³⁰and returned to his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, where shall I go?

³¹فأخذوا قميص يوسف وذبحوا تيسا من المعزى وغمسوا القميص في الدم.

³¹And they took Joseph's vest, and slaughtered a buck of the goats, and dipped the vest in the blood;

³²وارسلوا القميص الملّون واحضروه الى ابيهم. وقالوا وجدنا هذا. حقق أقميص ابنك هو ام لا.

³²and they sent the vest of many colours and had it carried to their father, and said, This have we found: discern now whether it is thy son's vest or not.

³³فتحققه وقال قميص ابني. وحش رديء اكله. افترس يوسف افتراسا.

³³And he discerned it, and said, [It is] my son's vest! an evil beast has devoured him: Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces!

³⁴فمزّق يعقوب ثيابه ووضع مسحا على حقويه وناح على ابنه اياما كثيرة.

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

³⁵فقام جميع بنيه وجميع بناته ليعزوه. فابى ان يتعزى وقال اني انزل الى ابني نائحا الى الهاوية. وبكى عليه ابوه

³⁵And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and said, For I will go down to my son into Sheol mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

³⁶واما المديانيون فباعوه في مصر لفوطيفار خصي فرعون رئيس الشّرط

³⁶And the Midianites sold him into Egypt, to Potiphar, a chamberlain of Pharaoh, the captain of the life-guard.