And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.

These are the generations 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 an evil report of them to his father.

But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.

And he said to them, Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:

And his brothers said to him, Shall you indeed become king over us? Or shall you indeed rule over us? So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

And 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 it come to pass that your mother and I and your brothers indeed come to prostrate ourselves to the earth before you?

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

And 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 came to Shechem.

And he said, I am seeking my brothers. Please tell me where they are feeding their flocks.

Now when they saw him from a distance, even before he came near them, they conspired against him to kill him.

Come now therefore, let us kill him and cast him into a pit; and we will say, Some evil beast has devoured him. And we shall see what will become of his dreams!

And Reuben said to them, Do not shed blood, but cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness, and do not lay a hand on him; that he might rescue him out of their hands, and bring him back to his father.

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

And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?

Then some Midianite traders passed by; and the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.

And he returned to his brothers and said, The lad is no more; and I, where shall I go?

And they sent the tunic reaching to the soles of the feet, and they brought it to their father and said, We have found this. Do you recognize whether it is your son's tunic or not?

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

Now the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

And Joseph found favor in his eyes, and served him. And he appointed him over his house, and all that he had he entrusted to his hand.

Thus he left all that he had in Joseph's hand, and he did not know what he had except for the bread which he ate. Now Joseph was handsome and good looking.

But he refused and said to his master's wife, Behold, my master does not know what is with me in the house, and he has entrusted all that he has into my hand.

And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day after day, that he did not give heed to her, to lie with her or to be with her.

that she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me. But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and went outside.

that she summoned the men of her house and spoke to them, saying, Behold, he has brought in to us a Hebrew man to make sport of us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice.

So she kept his garment with her until his master came into the house.

and it happened, as I lifted my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me and fled outside.

And Joseph's master took him and put him into the prison house, the place where the king's prisoners were confined. And he was there in the prison house.

And the warden of the prison house entrusted into Joseph's hand all the prisoners who were in the prison house; whatever they did there, it was his doing.

And Jacob was told, they said, Behold, your son Joseph is coming to you. And Israel strengthened himself and sat up on the bed.

and said to me, Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people, and give this land to your seed after you as an enduring possession.

Your offspring whom you beget after them shall be yours; they shall be called according to the name of their brothers in their inheritance.

And Israel saw Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?

Now the eyes of Israel had become dull with age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near him, and he kissed them and embraced them.

And Joseph brought them from beside his knees, and he prostrated with his face to the earth.

And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, crossing his hands; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

the Angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; let my name be called upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.

And he blessed them that day, saying, In you Israel shall bless, saying, May God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh! And thus he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

Moreover I have extended your shoulder above your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow.

The archers have bitterly grieved him, shot at him and carried animosity against him.

by the Mighty God of your father who will help you, and by the Almighty who will bless you with blessings of the heavens above, blessings of the deep that lies beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.