Popular Bible Verses from Bereshis 37

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And Yosef dreamed a chalom (dream), and he told it to his achim; and they hated him yet the more.

Now Yisroel loved Yosef more than all his children, because he was the ben zekunim (the son of his old age); and he made him a kesones passim (ketonet [tunic] reaching to palms and soles).

And when his achim saw that Avihem loved him more than all his achim, they hated him, and could not speak with shalom unto him.

And he dreamed yet another chalom, and told it his achim, and said, Hinei, I have dreamed a chalom more; and, hinei, the shemesh and the yarei'ach and the eleven kokhavim bowed down to me.

And his achim had kina (jealousy, envy) toward him; but Aviv was shomer over the saying.

And he said unto them, Hear, now, this chalom which I have dreamed: For, hinei, we were binding alummim (sheaves of wheat) out in the sadeh, and, hinei, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, hinei, your alummot (sheaves of wheat) gathered around it, and bowed down to my sheaf.

Come now therefore, and let us kill him, and throw him into one of the borot (pits), and we will say, Some chayyah ra'ah (evil wild beast) hath devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his chalomot.

Then there passed by anashim Midyanim socharim (men of Midyan, traders); and they drew and lifted up Yosef out of the bor, and sold Yosef to the Yishm'elim for esrim kesef; and they took Yosef to Mitzrayim.

And they said one to another, Hinei, this ba'al hachalomot cometh.

And when they saw him merachok (afar off, in the distance), even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to kill him.

And Reuven said unto them, Do no shefach dahm (shedding of blood), but throw him into this bor that is in the midbar, and lay no yad upon him; that he might rescue him out of their yadayim, to take him back to Aviv.