“ 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.

“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

“ 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, 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. He gave him great success. Joseph lived in Potiphar’s house.

Joseph said to his brothers,“ Come close to me.” So they did. Then he said,“ I am your brother Joseph. I’m the one you sold into Egypt.

He sent a man ahead of them into Egypt. That man was Joseph. He had been sold as a slave.

the Lord was with him. He was kind to him. So the man running the prison was pleased with Joseph.He put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners. He made him responsible for everything done there.The man who ran the prison didn’t pay attention to anything in Joseph’s care. That’s because the Lord was with Joseph. He gave Joseph success in everything he did.

Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them. So they hated Joseph. They couldn’t even speak one kind word to him.Joseph had a dream. When he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.He said to them,“ Listen to the dream I had.We were tying up bundles of grain out in the field. Suddenly my bundle stood up straight. Your bundles gathered around my bundle and bowed down to it.”His brothers said to him,“ Do you plan to be king over us? Will you really rule over us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream. They didn’t like what he had said.Then Joseph had another dream. He told it to his brothers.“ Listen,” he said.“ I had another dream. This time the sun and moon and 11 stars were bowing down to me.”He told his father as well as his brothers. Then his father rebuked him. He said,“ What about this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers really do that? Will we really come and bow down to the ground in front of you?”His brothers were jealous of him. But his father kept the dreams in mind.

From that time on, the Lord blessed Potiphar’s family and servants because of Joseph. He blessed everything Potiphar had in his house and field.

Mean people shot arrows at him. They shot at him because they were angry.But his bow remained steady. His strong arms moved freely. The hand of the Mighty God of Jacob was with him. The Shepherd, the Rock of Israel, stood by him.

Now that their father was dead, Joseph’s brothers were worried. They said,“ Remember all the bad things we did to Joseph? What if he decides to hold those things against us? What if he pays us back for them?”So they sent a message to Joseph. They said,“ Your father gave us directions before he died.He said,‘ Here’s what you must say to Joseph. Tell him,“ I’m asking you to forgive your brothers. Forgive the terrible things they did to you. Forgive them for treating you so badly.” ’ Now then, please forgive our sins. We serve the God of your father.” When their message came to Joseph, he wept.Then his brothers came and threw themselves down in front of him.“ We are your slaves,” they said.But Joseph said to them,“ Don’t be afraid. Do you think I’m God?You planned to harm me. But God planned it for good. He planned to do what is now being done. He wanted to save many lives.

You will pass through deep waters. But I will be with you. You will pass through the rivers. But their waters will not sweep over you. You will walk through fire. But you will not be burned. The flames will not harm you.

So do not be afraid. I am with you. Do not be terrified. I am your God. I will make you strong and help you. I will hold you safe in my hands. I always do what is right.

But they saw him a long way off. Before he reached them, they made plans to kill him.“ Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.“ Come. Let’s kill him. Let’s throw him into one of these empty wells. Let’s say that a wild animal ate him up. Then we’ll see whether his dreams will come true.”Reuben heard them talking. He tried to save Joseph from them.“ Let’s not take his life,” he said.“ Don’t spill any of his blood. Throw him into this empty well here in the desert. But don’t harm him yourselves.” Reuben said that to save Joseph from them. He was hoping he could take him back to his father.When Joseph came to his brothers, he was wearing his beautiful robe. They took it away from him.And they threw him into the well. The well was empty. There wasn’t any water in it.Then they sat down to eat their meal. As they did, they saw some Ishmaelite traders coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, lotion and myrrh. They were on their way to take them down to Egypt.Judah said to his brothers,“ What will we gain if we kill our brother and try to cover up what we’ve done?Come. Let’s sell him to these traders. Let’s not harm him ourselves. After all, he’s our brother. He’s our own flesh and blood.” Judah’s brothers agreed with him.The traders from Midian came by. Joseph’s brothers pulled him up out of the well. They sold him to the Ishmaelite traders for eight ounces of silver. Then the traders took him to Egypt.Later, Reuben came back to the empty well. He saw that Joseph wasn’t there. He was so upset that he tore his clothes.

Pilate knew that the leaders wanted to get their own way. He knew this was why they had handed Jesus over to him.