Genesis 37

¹And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 17:8Gen 23:4Gen 28:4Gen 36:7Heb 11:9-16

²These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 35:25-261 Cor 11:181 Sam 2:22-24Gen 35:221 Cor 1:111 Cor 5:1Gen 10:1Gen 30:4Gen 30:9John 7:7

³Now 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 37:32John 3:352 Sam 13:18Gen 37:23John 13:22-23Ezek 16:16Gen 44:20-30Ps 45:13-14

⁴And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 27:411 John 3:121 John 4:201 John 2:11Ps 69:41 Sam 17:28Gen 37:5Gen 4:5John 15:18-191 Sam 16:12-13

⁵And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 28:12Gen 42:9Dan 4:5John 17:14Amos 3:7Gen 37:4Num 12:61 Kgs 3:5Joel 2:28Dan 2:1

⁶And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 44:18

⁷For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 42:6Gen 44:14Gen 43:26Gen 42:9Col 1:18Gen 44:19Phil 2:10

⁸And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 10:27Acts 7:35Gen 49:261 Sam 17:28Acts 4:27-28Exod 2:14Gen 37:4Heb 10:29Luke 19:14Luke 20:17

⁹And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Acts 7:9-14Dan 8:10Gen 37:7Gen 46:29Gen 37:10Gen 41:25Gen 41:32Gen 43:28Gen 44:14Gen 44:19

¹⁰And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 27:29Gen 37:7Isa 60:14Phil 2:10-11

¹¹And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Acts 7:9Luke 2:19Luke 2:51Dan 7:28Acts 13:45Eccl 4:4Gal 5:21Gen 26:14-16Isa 11:13Isa 26:11

¹²And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 33:18Gen 34:25-31Gen 37:1

¹³And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Eph 6:1-31 Sam 17:17-201 Sam 3:161 Sam 3:4-61 Sam 3:8Gen 22:1Gen 27:1Gen 27:18Matt 10:16Luke 20:13

¹⁴And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 35:27Luke 19:42Ps 125:51 Kgs 2:331 Sam 17:17-182 Sam 18:32Gen 13:18Gen 23:2Gen 29:6Gen 41:16

¹⁵And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:John 4:27Judg 4:222 Kgs 6:19Gen 21:14John 1:38John 18:4John 18:7John 20:15

¹⁶And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 19:10Song 1:7

¹⁷And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Kgs 6:13

¹⁸And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Acts 23:121 Sam 19:1Mark 14:1Ps 37:12Ps 37:32John 11:53Ps 31:13Luke 20:14-15Mark 12:7Matt 21:38

¹⁹And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 28:12Gen 37:11Gen 37:5Gen 49:23

²⁰Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Titus 3:3Prov 27:42 Kgs 2:24Matt 2:2-16Prov 1:11-121 Kgs 13:241 Sam 26:2Acts 4:16-18John 12:10-11John 3:12

²¹And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 42:22Gen 35:22Gen 9:5Josh 10:28Matt 10:28

²²And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Acts 12:1Deut 13:9Exod 24:11Gen 22:12Gen 42:22Matt 27:24

²³And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him; Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 37:3Gen 37:31-33Gen 42:21Matt 27:28Ps 22:18

²⁴And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 38:6Ps 130:1-2Zech 9:11Lam 3:52-55Lam 4:20Ps 35:7Ps 40:2Ps 88:6Ps 88:8

²⁵And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 37:28Gen 43:11Jer 8:22Gen 16:11-12Jer 46:11Gen 25:1-4Gen 25:16-18Gen 31:23Gen 37:36Gen 39:1

²⁶And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 37:20Gen 4:102 Sam 1:16Deut 17:8Ezek 24:7Gen 25:32Jer 41:8Job 16:18Matt 16:26Ps 30:9

²⁷Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 42:21Matt 16:261 Sam 18:171 Tim 1:102 Sam 11:14-172 Sam 12:9Exod 21:16Exod 21:21Gen 29:14Gen 37:22

²⁸Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Acts 7:9Ps 105:17Gen 25:2Gen 45:4-5Gen 37:25Gen 37:36Judg 6:1-3Matt 26:15Exod 2:16Isa 60:6

²⁹And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 37:34Job 1:20Acts 14:14Gen 44:13Joel 2:13Num 14:62 Kgs 19:1Gen 34:13Judg 11:35

³⁰And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 42:13Gen 42:32Jer 31:15Gen 37:20Gen 42:35-36

³¹And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 37:23Gen 37:3Prov 28:13

³²And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 15:30Gen 37:3Gen 44:20-23

³³And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 37:20Gen 44:281 Kgs 13:242 Kgs 2:24John 13:7Prov 14:15

³⁴And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 37:292 Sam 3:311 Chr 21:161 Kgs 20:311 Kgs 21:272 Kgs 19:12 Sam 1:11Acts 14:14Esth 4:1-3Ezra 9:3-5

³⁵And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 42:382 Sam 12:17Job 2:11Gen 31:43Gen 35:22-26Gen 42:31Gen 44:29-31Gen 45:28Jer 31:15Ps 77:2

³⁶And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 37:28Gen 40:42 Kgs 25:8Gen 25:1-2Gen 39:1-23Isa 56:3Esth 1:10