Genesis 37 (NET)

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Genesis 37:1¹But Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, in the land of Canaan.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 17:8 Gen 23:4 Gen 28:4 Gen 36:7 Heb 11:9-16

Genesis 37:2²This is the account of Jacob. Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, was taking care of the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 35:25-26 1 Cor 11:18 1 Sam 2:22-24 Gen 35:22 1 Cor 1:11 1 Cor 5:1 Gen 10:1 Gen 30:4 Gen 30:9 John 7:7

Genesis 37:3³Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was a son born to him late in life, and he made a special tunic for him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 37:32 John 3:35 2 Sam 13:18 Gen 37:23 John 13:22-23 Ezek 16:16 Gen 44:20-30 Ps 45:13-14

Genesis 37:4⁴When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated Joseph and were not able to speak to him kindly.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 27:41 1 John 3:12 1 John 4:20 1 John 2:11 Ps 69:4 1 Sam 17:28 Gen 37:5 Gen 4:5 John 15:18-19 1 Sam 16:12-13

Genesis 37:5⁵Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it they hated him even more.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 28:12 Gen 42:9 Dan 4:5 John 17:14 Amos 3:7 Gen 37:4 Num 12:6 1 Kgs 3:5 Joel 2:28 Dan 2:1

Genesis 37:6⁶He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 44:18

Genesis 37:7⁷There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the middle of the field. Suddenly my sheaf rose up and stood upright and your sheaves surrounded my sheaf and bowed down to it!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 42:6 Gen 44:14 Gen 43:26 Gen 42:9 Col 1:18 Gen 44:19 Phil 2:10

Genesis 37:8⁸Then his brothers asked him, “Do you really think you will rule over us or have dominion over us?” They hated him even more because of his dream and because of what he said.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 10:27 Acts 7:35 Gen 49:26 1 Sam 17:28 Acts 4:27-28 Exod 2:14 Gen 37:4 Heb 10:29 Luke 19:14 Luke 20:17

Genesis 37:9⁹Then he had another dream, and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said. “I had another dream. The sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 7:9-14 Dan 8:10 Gen 37:7 Gen 46:29 Gen 37:10 Gen 41:25 Gen 41:32 Gen 43:28 Gen 44:14 Gen 44:19

Genesis 37:10¹⁰When he told his father and his brothers, his father rebuked him, saying, “What is this dream that you had? Will I, your mother, and your brothers really come and bow down to you?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 27:29 Gen 37:7 Isa 60:14 Phil 2:10-11

Genesis 37:11¹¹His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what Joseph said.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 7:9 Luke 2:19 Luke 2:51 Dan 7:28 Acts 13:45 Eccl 4:4 Gal 5:21 Gen 26:14-16 Isa 11:13 Isa 26:11

Genesis 37:12¹²When his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 33:18 Gen 34:25-31 Gen 37:1

Genesis 37:13¹³Israel said to Joseph, “Your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I will send you to them.” “I’m ready,” Joseph replied.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Eph 6:1-3 1 Sam 17:17-20 1 Sam 3:16 1 Sam 3:4-6 1 Sam 3:8 Gen 22:1 Gen 27:1 Gen 27:18 Matt 10:16 Luke 20:13

Genesis 37:14¹⁴So Jacob said to him, “Go now and check on the welfare of your brothers and of the flocks, and bring me word.” So Jacob sent him from the valley of Hebron.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 35:27 Luke 19:42 Ps 125:5 1 Kgs 2:33 1 Sam 17:17-18 2 Sam 18:32 Gen 13:18 Gen 23:2 Gen 29:6 Gen 41:16

Genesis 37:15¹⁵When Joseph reached Shechem, a man found him wandering in the field, so the man asked him, “What are you looking for?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 4:27 Judg 4:22 2 Kgs 6:19 Gen 21:14 John 1:38 John 18:4 John 18:7 John 20:15

Genesis 37:16¹⁶He replied, “I’m looking for my brothers. Please tell me where they are grazing their flocks.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 19:10 Song 1:7

Genesis 37:17¹⁷The man said, “They left this area, for I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 6:13

Genesis 37:18¹⁸Now Joseph’s brothers saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 23:12 1 Sam 19:1 Mark 14:1 Ps 37:12 Ps 37:32 John 11:53 Ps 31:13 Luke 20:14-15 Mark 12:7 Matt 21:38

Genesis 37:19¹⁹They said to one another, “Here comes this master of dreams!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 28:12 Gen 37:11 Gen 37:5 Gen 49:23

Genesis 37:20²⁰Come now, let’s kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild animal ate him. Then we’ll see how his dreams turn out!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Titus 3:3 Prov 27:4 2 Kgs 2:24 Matt 2:2-16 Prov 1:11-12 1 Kgs 13:24 1 Sam 26:2 Acts 4:16-18 John 12:10-11 John 3:12

Genesis 37:21²¹When Reuben heard this, he rescued Joseph from their hands, saying, “Let’s not take his life!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 42:22 Gen 35:22 Gen 9:5 Josh 10:28 Matt 10:28

Genesis 37:22²²Reuben continued, “Don’t shed blood! Throw him into this cistern that is here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.” (Reuben said this so he could rescue Joseph from them and take him back to his father.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 12:1 Deut 13:9 Exod 24:11 Gen 22:12 Gen 42:22 Matt 27:24

Genesis 37:23²³When Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his tunic, the special tunic that he wore.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 37:3 Gen 37:31-33 Gen 42:21 Matt 27:28 Ps 22:18

Genesis 37:24²⁴Then they took him and threw him into the cistern. (Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 38:6 Ps 130:1-2 Zech 9:11 Lam 3:52-55 Lam 4:20 Ps 35:7 Ps 40:2 Ps 88:6 Ps 88:8

Genesis 37:25²⁵When they sat down to eat their food, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh down to Egypt.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 37:28 Gen 43:11 Jer 8:22 Gen 16:11-12 Jer 46:11 Gen 25:1-4 Gen 25:16-18 Gen 31:23 Gen 37:36 Gen 39:1

Genesis 37:26²⁶Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 37:20 Gen 4:10 2 Sam 1:16 Deut 17:8 Ezek 24:7 Gen 25:32 Jer 41:8 Job 16:18 Matt 16:26 Ps 30:9

Genesis 37:27²⁷Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let’s not lay a hand on him, for after all, he is our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers agreed.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 42:21 Matt 16:26 1 Sam 18:17 1 Tim 1:10 2 Sam 11:14-17 2 Sam 12:9 Exod 21:16 Exod 21:21 Gen 29:14 Gen 37:22

Genesis 37:28²⁸So when the Midianite merchants passed by, Joseph’s brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites then took Joseph to Egypt.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 7:9 Ps 105:17 Gen 25:2 Gen 45:4-5 Gen 37:25 Gen 37:36 Judg 6:1-3 Matt 26:15 Exod 2:16 Isa 60:6

Genesis 37:29²⁹Later Reuben returned to the cistern to find that Joseph was not in it! He tore his clothes,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 37:34 Job 1:20 Acts 14:14 Gen 44:13 Joel 2:13 Num 14:6 2 Kgs 19:1 Gen 34:13 Judg 11:35

Genesis 37:30³⁰returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy isn’t there! And I, where can I go?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 42:13 Gen 42:32 Jer 31:15 Gen 37:20 Gen 42:35-36

Genesis 37:31³¹So they took Joseph’s tunic, killed a young goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 37:23 Gen 37:3 Prov 28:13

Genesis 37:32³²Then they brought the special tunic to their father and said, “We found this. Determine now whether it is your son’s tunic or not.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 15:30 Gen 37:3 Gen 44:20-23

Genesis 37:33³³He recognized it and exclaimed, “It is my son’s tunic! A wild animal has eaten him! Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 37:20 Gen 44:28 1 Kgs 13:24 2 Kgs 2:24 John 13:7 Prov 14:15

Genesis 37:34³⁴Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned for his son many days.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 37:29 2 Sam 3:31 1 Chr 21:16 1 Kgs 20:31 1 Kgs 21:27 2 Kgs 19:1 2 Sam 1:11 Acts 14:14 Esth 4:1-3 Ezra 9:3-5

Genesis 37:35³⁵All his sons and daughters stood by him to console him, but he refused to be consoled. “No,” he said, “I will go to the grave mourning my son.” So Joseph’s father wept for him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 42:38 2 Sam 12:17 Job 2:11 Gen 31:43 Gen 35:22-26 Gen 42:31 Gen 44:29-31 Gen 45:28 Jer 31:15 Ps 77:2