Mistari Maarufu ya Biblia kutoka Genesis 37

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

Now 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 colours.

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

And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed yet a dream; and, behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me.

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

And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves came round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

And 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.

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

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

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