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And his brethren went to feed the sheep of their father to Sychem.

And the man said to him, They have departed hence, for I heard them saying, Let us go to Dothaim; and Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothaim.

And each said to his brother, Behold, that dreamer comes.

Now then come, let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits; and we will say, An evil wild beast has devoured him; and we shall see what his dreams will be.

And Ruben said to them, Shed not blood; cast him into one of these pits in the wilderness, but do not lay your hands upon him; that he might rescue him out of their hands, and restore him to his father.

And it came to pass, when Joseph came to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his many-coloured coat that was upon him.

And Judas said to his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

Come, let us sell him to these Ismaelites, but let not our hands be upon him, because he is our brother and our flesh; and his brethren hearkened.

And Ruben returned to the pit, and sees not Joseph in the pit; and he rent his garments.

And he returned to his brethren and said, The boy is not; and I, whither am I yet to go?

And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

And all his sons and his daughters gathered themselves together, and came to comfort him; but he would not be comforted, saying, I will go down to my son mourning to Hades; and his father wept for him.

And it came to pass at that time that Judas went down from his brethren, and came as far as to a certain man of Odollam, whose name was Iras.

And she conceived and bore a son, and called his name, Er.

And she conceived and bore a son again; and called his name, Aunan.

And she again bore a son; and called his name, Selom: and she was in Chasbi when she bore them.

And Judas took a wife for Er his first-born, whose name was Thamar.

And Aunan, knowing that the seed should not be his—it came to pass when he went in to his brother’s wife, that he spilled it upon the ground, so that he should not give seed to his brother’s wife.

And his doing this appeared evil before God; and he slew him also.

And Judas said to Thamar, his daughter-in-law, Sit thou a widow in the house of thy father-in-law, until Selom my son be grown; for he said, lest he also die as his brethren; and Thamar departed, and sat in the house of her father.