Genesis 37: 3 - 4, 12 - 13, 17 - 28
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Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a long robe with sleeves.
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| 4
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But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
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| 12
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Now his brothers went to pasture their father's flock near Shechem.
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| 13
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And Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them." And he said to him, "Here I am."
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| 17
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And the man said, "They have gone away, for I heard them say, `Let us go to Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers, and found them at Dothan.
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| 18
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They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him.
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| 19
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They said to one another, "Here comes this dreamer.
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| 20
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Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; then we shall say that a wild beast has devoured him, and we shall see what will become of his dreams."
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| 21
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But when Reuben heard it, he delivered him out of their hands, saying, "Let us not take his life."
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| 22
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And Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood; cast him into this pit here in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him" -- that he might rescue him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.
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| 23
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So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the long robe with sleeves that he wore;
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| 24
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and they took him and cast him into a pit. The pit was empty, there was no water in it.
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| 25
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Then they sat down to eat; and looking up they saw a caravan of Ish'maelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt.
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| 26
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Then Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?
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| 27
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Come, let us sell him to the Ish'maelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh." And his brothers heeded him.
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| 28
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Then Mid'ianite traders passed by; and they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ish'maelites for twenty shekels of silver; and they took Joseph to Egypt.
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