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And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.

And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.

And the man said, They have gone away from here, for they said in my hearing, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after them and came up with them at Dothan.

But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;

And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.

Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels.

And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt.

Then they took Joseph's coat, and put on it some of the blood from a young goat which they had put to death,

And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not?

And after a time, Bath-shua, Judah's wife, came to her end; and after Judah was comforted for her loss, he went to Timnah, where they were cutting the wool of his sheep, and his friend Hirah of Adullam went with him.

And he put questions to the men of the place, saying, Where is the loose woman who was in Enaim by the wayside? And they said, There was no such woman there.

Then Judah said openly that they were his, and said, She is more upright than I am, for I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he had no more connection with her.

And the captain put them in Joseph's care, and he did what was needed for them; and they were kept in prison for some time.

And in the morning when Joseph came to them he saw that they were looking sad.

Then they said to him, We have had a dream, and no one is able to give us the sense. And Joseph said, Does not the sense of dreams come from God? what was your dream?

And after them seven other cows came out of the Nile, poor-looking and thin; and they were by the side of the other cows.

Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and they took him quickly out of prison; and when his hair had been cut and his dress changed, he came before Pharaoh.

And even with the fat cows inside them they seemed as bad as before. And so I came out of my sleep.

And he made him take his seat in the second of his carriages; and they went before him crying, Make way! So he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.