“ The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt, but God was with him

“先祖嫉妒约瑟，把他卖到埃及去；神却与他同在，

“先祖嫉妒约瑟，把他卖到埃及去，上帝却与他同在，

“先祖嫉妒约瑟，把他卖到埃及去，神却与他同在，

“先祖们嫉妒自己的弟弟约瑟，把他卖到了埃及。但上帝一直与他同在，

“祖先妒忌约瑟，把他卖到埃及去，然而神与他同在，

“先祖们嫉妒约瑟，把他卖到埃及去。可是神与他同在，

「先祖嫉妒約瑟，把他賣到埃及去；神卻與他同在，

「先祖嫉妒約瑟，把他賣到埃及去，上帝卻與他同在，

「先祖嫉妒約瑟，把他賣到埃及去，神卻與他同在，

「先祖們嫉妒自己的弟弟約瑟，把他賣到了埃及。但上帝一直與他同在，

“祖先妒忌約瑟，把他賣到埃及去，然而神與他同在，

『族長妒忌約瑟，給賣到埃及；上帝卻與他同在，

「先祖們嫉妒約瑟，把他賣到埃及去。可是神與他同在，

諸祖妒約瑟、鬻於埃及、而上帝偕之、

列祖妒約瑟、鬻於埃及、上帝祐之、

列祖妒約瑟、鬻於伊及、天主偕之、

族祖嫉若瑟、鬻之埃及、而天主偕之、

“ Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

“ Jacob’s sons were jealous of their brother Joseph. So they sold him as a slave. He was taken to Egypt. But God was with him.

“ And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him

“ These patriarchs were jealous of their brother Joseph, and they sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him

“ The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt. Yet God was with him,

“ And the patriarchs, becoming envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him

And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him,

“ The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt, but God was with him

And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

The patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,

“ The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him,

The LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.

Then Joseph said to his brothers,“ Please, come near me,” and they came near.“ I am Joseph, your brother,” he said,“ the one you sold into Egypt.

He had sent a man ahead of them— Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

But the LORD was with Joseph and extended kindness to him. He granted him favor with the prison warden.The warden put all the prisoners who were in the prison under Joseph’s authority, and he was responsible for everything that was done there.The warden did not bother with anything under Joseph’s authority, because the LORD was with him, and the LORD made everything that he did successful.

When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not bring themselves to speak peaceably to him.Then Joseph had a dream. When he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.He said to them,“ Listen to this dream I had:There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the field. Suddenly my sheaf stood up, and your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf.”“ Are you really going to reign over us?” his brothers asked him.“ Are you really going to rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and what he had said.Then he had another dream and told it to his brothers.“ Look,” he said,“ I had another dream, and this time the sun, moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”He told his father and brothers, and his father rebuked him.“ What kind of dream is this that you have had?” he said.“ Am I and your mother and your brothers really going to come and bow down to the ground before you?”His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

From the time that he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s house because of Joseph. The LORD’s blessing was on all that he owned, in his house and in his fields.

The archers attacked him, shot at him, and were hostile toward him.Yet his bow remained steady, and his strong arms were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said to one another,“ If Joseph is holding a grudge against us, he will certainly repay us for all the suffering we caused him.”So they sent this message to Joseph,“ Before he died your father gave a command:‘ Say this to Joseph: Please forgive your brothers’ transgression and their sin— the suffering they caused you.’ Therefore, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when their message came to him.His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said,“ We are your slaves!”But Joseph said to them,“ Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God?You planned evil against me; God planned it for good to bring about the present result— the survival of many people.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and the rivers will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, and the flame will not burn you.

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will help you; I will hold on to you with my righteous right hand.

They saw him in the distance, and before he had reached them, they plotted to kill him.They said to one another,“ Oh, look, here comes that dream expert!So now, come on, let’s kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal ate him. Then we’ll see what becomes of his dreams!”When Reuben heard this, he tried to save him from them. He said,“ Let’s not take his life.”Reuben also said to them,“ Don’t shed blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him”— intending to rescue him from them and return him to his father.When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped off Joseph’s robe, the robe of many colors that he had on.Then they took him and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty, without water.They sat down to eat a meal, and when they looked up, there was a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying aromatic gum, balsam, and resin, going down to Egypt.Judah said to his brothers,“ What do we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?Come on, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh,” and his brothers agreed.When Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took Joseph to Egypt.When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.

For he knew it was because of envy that they had handed him over.