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And his brothers went to feed the flock of their father in Shechem.

And the man said, They have left here, for I heard them say, Let us go towards Dothan. And Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.

And they said, each to his brother, Behold, this master of dreams is coming.

And, Come now, and let us kill him, and throw him into one of the pits. And let us say, An evil beast has eaten him. And let us see what will become of his dreams.

And Reuben heard, and he delivered him from their hands, and said, Let us not smite his soul.

And Reuben said to them, Do not shed blood. Throw him into this pit in the desert, but do not lay a hand on him; so that he might deliver him from their hands, to return him to his father.

And it happened when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped his robe which was on him, from Joseph, the robe reaching to the soles of his feet.

And Judah said to his brothers, What gain is it that we kill our brother and conceal his blood?

Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and do not let our hand be on him. For he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers listened.

And Reuben came back to the pit. And, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he tore his clothes.

And he returned to his brothers and said, The child, he is not. And I, where shall I go?

And they sent the robe reaching to the soles of his feet, and they took it to their father, and said, We have found this. Now look, is it your son's robe?

And Jacob tore his clothing and put sackcloth on his loins. And he mourned many days for his son.

And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him. And he refused to be comforted, and said, I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son. And his father wept for him.

And it happened at that time that Judah went down, away from his brothers, and turned aside to a man of Adullam named Hirah.

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

And she conceived again and bore a son and called his name Onan.

And she continued still and bore a son. And she called his name Shelah. And he was at Chezib when she bore him.

And Judah took a wife for his first-born, Er, and her name, Tamar.

And Onan knew that the seed would not be his. And it happened when he went in to his brother's wife, he wasted his semen to the ground, not giving seed to his brother.