SeptuagintBerean Standard Bible

1. 2LXXΚΑΤ†ΚΕΙ δὲ Ἰακὼβ ἐν τῇ γῇ, οὗ παρώκησεν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ, ἐν γῇ Χαναάν. αὗται δὲ αἱ γενέσεις Ἰακώβ· Ἰωσὴφ δὲ δέκα καὶ ἑπτὰ ἐτῶν ἦν, ποιμαίνων τὰ πρόβατα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ, ὢν νέος, μετὰ τῶν υἱῶν Βαλλᾶς καὶ μετὰ τῶν υἱῶν Ζελφᾶς τῶν γυναικῶν τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ· κατήνεγκαν δὲ Ἰωσὴφ ψόγον πονηρὸν πρὸς Ἰσραὴλ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν.BSBBSB: This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
2. 3LXXἸακὼβ δέ ἠγάπα τὸν Ἰωσὴφ παρὰ πάντας τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ, ὅτι υἱὸς γήρως ἦν αὐτῷ· ἐποίησε δὲ αὐτῷ χιτῶνα ποικίλον.BSBBSB: Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.
3. 4LXXἰδόντες δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι αὐτὸν ὁ πατὴρ φιλεῖ ἐκ πάντων τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ, ἐμίσησαν αὐτὸν καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο λαλεῖν αὐτῷ οὐδὲν εἰρηνικόν.BSBBSB: When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
4. 5LXXἘνυπνιασθεὶς δὲ Ἰωσὴφ ἐνύπνιον ἀπήγγειλεν αὐτὸ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ.BSBBSB: Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
5. 6LXXκαὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· ἀκούσατε τοῦ ἐνυπνίου τούτου, οὗ ἐνυπνιάσθην·BSBBSB: He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:
6. 7LXXᾤμην ὑμᾶς δεσμεύειν δράγματα ἐν μέσῳ τῷ πεδίῳ, καὶ ἀνέστη τὸ ἐμὸν δράγμα καὶ ὠρθώθη, περιστραφέντα δὲ τὰ δράγματα ὑμῶν προσεκύνησαν τὸ ἐμὸν δράγμα.BSBBSB: We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”
7. 8LXXεἶπαν δὲ αὐτῷ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ· μὴ βασιλεύων βασιλεύσεις ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς ἢ κυριεύων κυριεύσεις ἡμῶν; καὶ προσέθεντο ἔτι μισεῖν αὐτὸν ἕνεκεν τῶν ἐνυπνίων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἕνεκεν τῶν ρημάτων αὐτοῦ.BSBBSB: “Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.
8. 9LXXεἶδε δὲ ἐνύπνιον ἕτερον καὶ διηγήσατο αὐτῷ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἶπεν· ἰδοὺ ἐνυπνιασάμην ἐνύπνιον ἕτερον, ὥσπερ ὁ ἥλιος καὶ ἡ σελήνη καὶ ἕνδεκα ἀστέρες προσεκύνουν με.BSBBSB: Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
9. 10LXXκαὶ ἐπετίμησεν αὐτῷ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· τί τὸ ἐνύπνιον τοῦτο, ὃ ἐνυπνιάσθης; ἆρά γε ἐλθόντες ἐλευσόμεθα ἐγώ τε καὶ ἡ μήτηρ σου καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί σου προσκυνῆσαί σοι ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν;BSBBSB: He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”
10. 11LXXἐζήλωσαν δὲ αὐτὸν οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ, ὁ δὲ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ διετήρησε τὸ ρῆμα.BSBBSB: And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
11. 12LXXἘπορεύθησαν δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ βόσκειν τὰ πρόβατα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν εἰς Συχέμ.BSBBSB: Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.
12. 13LXXκαὶ εἶπεν Ἰσραὴλ πρὸς Ἰωσήφ· οὐχὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί σου ποιμαίνουσιν εἰς Συχέμ; δεῦρο ἀποστείλω σε πρὸς αὐτούς. εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ· ἰδοὺ ἐγώ.BSBBSB: Israel said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied.
13. 14LXXεἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ Ἰσραήλ· πορευθεὶς ἰδέ, εἰ ὑγιαίνουσιν οἱ ἀδελφοί σου καὶ τὰ πρόβατα, καὶ ἀνάγγειλόν μοι. καὶ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτὸν ἐκ τῆς κοιλάδος τῆς Χεβρών, καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς Συχέμ.BSBBSB: Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,
14. 15LXXκαὶ εὗρεν αὐτὸν ἄνθρωπος πλανώμενον ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ· ἠρώτησε δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ ἄνθρωπος λέγων· τί ζητεῖς;BSBBSB: a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”
15. 16LXXὁ δὲ εἶπε· τοὺς ἀδελφούς μου ζητῶ· ἀπάγγειλόν μοι, ποῦ βόσκουσιν.BSBBSB: “I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”
16. 17LXXεἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ ἄνθρωπος· ἀπῃ£ρκασιν ἐντεῦθεν, ἤκουσα γὰρ αὐτῶν λεγόντων· πορευθῶμεν εἰς Δωθαείμ. καὶ ἐπορεύθη Ἰωσὴφ κατόπισθεν τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ εὗρεν αὐτοὺς ἐν Δωθαείμ.BSBBSB: “They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
17. 18LXXπροεῖδον δὲ αὐτὸν μακρόθεν πρὸ τοῦ ἐγγίσαι αὐτὸν πρὸς αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐπονηρεύοντο τοῦ ἀποκτεῖναι αὐτόν.BSBBSB: Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
18. 19LXXεἶπε δὲ ἕκαστος πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ· ἰδοὺ ὁ ἐνυπνιαστὴς ἐκεῖνος ἔρχεται·BSBBSB: “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.
19. 20LXXνῦν οὖν δεῦτε ἀποκτείνωμεν αὐτὸν καὶ ρίψωμεν αὐτὸν εἰς ἕνα τῶν λάκκων καὶ ἐροῦμεν· θηρίον πονηρὸν κατέφαγεν αὐτόν· καὶ ὀψόμεθα, τί ἔσται τὰ ἐνύπνια αὐτοῦ.BSBBSB: “Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
20. 21LXXἀκούσας δὲ Ρουβὴν ἐξείλετο αὐτὸν ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν καὶ εἶπεν· οὐ πατάξωμεν αὐτὸν εἰς ψυχήν.BSBBSB: When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.
21. 22LXXεἶπε δὲ αὐτοῖς Ρουβήν· μὴ ἐκχέητε αἷμα· ἐμβάλλετε αὐτὸν εἰς ἕνα τῶν λάκκων τούτων τῶν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, χεῖρα δὲ μὴ ἐπενέγκητε αὐτῷ· ὅπως ἐξέληται αὐτὸν ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν καὶ ἀποδῷ αὐτὸν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ.BSBBSB: “Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.
22. 23LXXἐγένετο δὲ ἡνίκα ἦλθεν Ἰωσὴφ πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ, ἐξέδυσαν Ἰωσὴφ τὸν χιτῶνα τὸν ποικίλον τὸν περὶ αὐτόνBSBBSB: So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—
23. 24LXXκαὶ λαβόντες αὐτόν ἔρριψαν εἰς τὸν λάκκον· ὁ δὲ λάκκος κενός, ὕδωρ οὐκ εἶχεν.BSBBSB: and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
24. 25LXXἘκάθισαν δὲ φαγεῖν ἄρτον καὶ ἀναβλέψαντες τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ ὁδοιπόροι Ἰσμαηλῖται ἤρχοντο ἐκ Γαλαάδ, καὶ αἱ κάμηλοι αὐτῶν ἔγεμαν θυμιαμάτων καὶ ρητίνης καὶ στακτῆς· ἐπορεύοντο δὲ καταγαγεῖν εἰς Αἴγυπτον.BSBBSB: And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.
25. 26LXXεἶπε δὲ Ἰούδας πρὸς τούς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ· τί χρήσιμον, ἐὰν ἀποκτείνωμεν τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν καὶ κρύψωμεν τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ;BSBBSB: Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
26. 27LXXδεῦτε ἀποδώμεθα αὐτὸν τοῖς Ἰσμαηλίταις τούτοις, αἱ δὲ χεῖρες ἡμῶν μὴ ἔστωσαν ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν, ὅτι ἀδελφὸς ἡμῶν καὶ σὰρξ ἡμῶν ἐστιν. ἤκουσαν δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ.BSBBSB: Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.
27. 28LXXκαὶ παρεπορεύοντο οἱ ἄνθρωποι οἱ Μαδιηναῖοι ἔμποροι, καὶ ἐξείλκυσαν καὶ ἀνεβίβασαν τὸν Ἰωσὴφ ἐκ τοῦ λάκκου καὶ ἀπέδοντο τὸν Ἰωσὴφ τοῖς Ἰσμαηλίταις εἴκοσι χρυσῶν, καὶ κατήγαγον τὸν Ἰωσὴφ εἰς Αἴγυπτον.BSBBSB: So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
28. 29LXXἀνέστρεψε δὲ Ρουβὴν ἐπὶ τὸν λάκκον καὶ οὐχ ὁρᾷ τὸν Ἰωσὴφ ἐν τῷ λάκκῳ. καὶ διέρρηξε τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ.BSBBSB: When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
29. 30LXXκαὶ ἐπέστρεψε πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ. καὶ εἶπε· τὸ παιδάριον οὐκ ἔστιν, ἐγὼ δὲ ποῦ πορεύομαι ἔτι;BSBBSB: returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”
30. 31LXXΛαβόντες δὲ τὸν χιτῶνα τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ ἔσφαξαν ἔριφον αἰγῶν καὶ ἐμόλυναν τὸν χιτῶνα τῷ αἵματι.BSBBSB: Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.
31. 32LXXκαὶ ἀπέστειλαν τὸν χιτῶνα τὸν ποικίλον καὶ εἰσήνεγκαν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτῶν. καὶ εἶπαν· τοῦτον εὕρομεν, ἐπίγνωθι εἰ χιτὼν τοῦ υἱοῦ σού ἐστιν ἢ οὔ.BSBBSB: They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe or not.”
32. 33LXXκαὶ ἐπέγνω αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπε· χιτὼν τοῦ υἱοῦ μού ἐστι· θηρίον πονηρὸν κατέφαγεν αὐτόν, θηρίον ἥρπασε τὸν Ἰωσήφ.BSBBSB: His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”
33. 34LXXδιέρρηξε δὲ Ἰακὼβ τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπέθετο σάκκον ἐπὶ τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπένθει τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἡμέρας πολλάς.BSBBSB: Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
34. 35LXXσυνήχθησαν δὲ πάντες οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες καὶ ἦλθον παρακαλέσαι αὐτόν, καὶ οὐκ ἤθελε παρακαλεῖσθαι λέγων ὅτι· καταβήσομαι πρὸς τὸν υἱόν μου πενθῶν εἰς ᾅδου. καὶ ἔκλαυσεν αὐτὸν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ.BSBBSB: All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
35. 36LXXοἱ δὲ Μαδιηναῖοι ἀπέδοντο τὸν Ἰωσὴφ εἰς Αἴγυπτον τῷ Πετεφρῇ τῷ σπάδοντι Φαραώ, ἀρχιμαγείρῳ.BSBBSB: Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.