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¹Yakup ise babasının yabancı olarak geçici süre ikamet etmiş olduğu topraklarda, Kenan ülkesinde ikamet etmekteydi.

²Yakup'un soyunun tarihi şudur: Yusuf on yedi yaşındayken, babasının karıları Bilha ve Zilpa'nın oğulları olan kardeşleriyle birlikte koyunları güden bir gençti; kardeşleri babaları İsrail'e Yusuf hakkında kötü söylentiler ulaştırıp onu lekelediler.

³Yakup Yusuf'u diğer bütün oğullarından daha çok severdi, çünkü o kendisinin yaşlılık dönemi oğluydu; bu yüzden ona alacalı bir tunik yaptırdı.

⁴Kardeşleri, babalarının onu tüm oğulları arasından daha çok sevdiğini görünce ondan nefret ettiler ve onunla barışçıl tek bir söz bile konuşamaz oldular.

⁵Yusuf bir rüya gördü ve bunu kardeşlerine anlattı.

⁶Onlara, "Lütfen gördüğüm bu rüyayı dinleyin" dedi.

⁷"Biz tarlanın ortasında demetler bağlıyorduk; birden benim demetim ayağa kalkıp dik durdu, sizin demetleriniz ise çevresinde dönerek benim demetimin önünde secde ettiler."

⁸Kardeşleri ona, "Üzerimizde krallık ederek mi kral olacaksın, yoksa bize egemenlik ederek mi egemen olacaksın?" dediler. Böylece rüyalarından ve sözlerinden ötürü ondan daha da çok nefret ettiler.

⁹Yusuf başka bir rüya daha gördü ve bunu babasına ve kardeşlerine anlatarak, "Bakın, başka bir rüya daha gördüm; sanki güneş, ay ve on bir yıldız önümde secde ediyorlardı" dedi.

¹⁰Bunu babasına ve kardeşlerine anlatınca, babası onu azarlayarak, "Gördüğün bu rüya neyin nesi? Gerçekten ben, annen ve kardeşlerin gelip senin önünde toprağa kadar eğilerek secde mi edeceğiz?" dedi.

¹¹Kardeşleri onu kıskandı, babası ise bu sözü zihninde özenle sakladı.

¹²Kardeşleri babalarının koyunlarını otlatmak için Şekem'e gitmişlerdi.

¹³İsrail Yusuf'a, "Kardeşlerin Şekem'de sürü gütmüyorlar mı? Gel, seni onların yanına göndereyim" dedi. Yusuf da ona, "İşte hazırım" dedi.

¹⁴İsrail ona, "Git bak bakalım, kardeşlerin ve koyunlar sağlıklılar mı? Bana haber getir" dedi. Böylece onu Hevron Vadisi'nden gönderdi ve Yusuf Şekem'e ulaştı.

¹⁵Kırlarda dolanıp dururken bir adam onu buldu ve ona sorarak, "Ne arıyorsun?" dedi.

¹⁶Yusuf, "Kardeşlerimi arıyorum; sürülerini nerede otlattıklarını bana söyleyebilir misin?" dedi.

¹⁷Adam, "Buradan göç ettiler; çünkü onların, 'Dotan'a gidelim' dediklerini duydum" dedi. Böylece Yusuf kardeşlerinin ardına düştü ve onları Dotan'da buldu.

¹⁸Kardeşleri onu uzaktan gördüler; Yusuf henüz yanlarına varmadan, onu öldürmek için kötü niyetli bir plan kurdular.

¹⁹Birbirlerine, "İşte şu rüyacı geliyor!" dediler.

²⁰"Hadi gelin, onu öldürelim ve kuyulardan birine atalım; sonra da 'Onu yırtıcı bir hayvan yedi' deriz. Bakalım rüyaları ne olacak!"

²¹Ruben bunu duyunca onu ellerinden kurtardı ve "Onu canından vurmayalım" dedi.

²²Ruben onlara, "Kan dökmeyin; onu çöldeki şu kuyulardan birine atın ama ona el kaldırmayın" dedi. Amacı onu ellerinden kurtarıp babasına geri götürmekti.

²³Yusuf kardeşlerinin yanına varınca, Yusuf'un üzerindeki o alacalı tuniği soyup çıkardılar.

²⁴Onu yakalayıp kuyuya attılar; kuyu boştu, içinde su yoktu.

²⁵Yemek yemek için oturduklarında gözlerini kaldırıp baktılar ve Gilat'tan gelen İsmailli yolcular gördüler; develeri buhur, reçine ve damla mür yüklüydü ve bunları Mısır'a götürüyorlardı.

²⁶Yahuda kardeşlerine, "Kardeşimizi öldürüp kanını gizlesek bize ne yarar sağlar?" dedi.

²⁷"Gelin, onu bu İsmaillilere satalım; ellerimiz onun üzerinde olmasın, çünkü o bizim kardeşimiz ve kendi etimizdir." Kardeşleri de onu dinleyip kabul ettiler.

²⁸Midyanlı tüccarlar oradan geçerken, Yusuf'u kuyudan çekip çıkardılar ve yirmi altın karşılığında İsmaillilere sattılar; onlar da Yusuf'u Mısır'a götürdüler.

²⁹Ruben kuyuya geri döndüğünde Yusuf'un kuyuda olmadığını gördü ve giysilerini yırttı.

³⁰Kardeşlerinin yanına dönüp, "Çocuk yok! Ben şimdi nereye gideyim?" dedi.

³¹Bunun üzerine Yusuf'un tuniğini aldılar, bir teke kesip tuniği kanına buladılar.

³²Alacalı tuniği babalarına gönderip sundular ve şöyle dediler: "Bunu bulduk; bak bakalım, oğlunun tuniği mi, değil mi?"

³³Babası onu tanıdı ve "Bu oğlumun tuniğidir! Onu vahşi bir hayvan yemiş; bir canavar Yusuf'u kapıp götürmüş!" dedi.

³⁴Yakup giysilerini yırttı, beline çul sardı ve oğlu için günlerce yas tuttu.

³⁵Bütün oğulları ve kızları onu teselli etmek için toplandı ama o teselli edilmek istemedi; "Oğlumun yanına, Hades'e yas tutarak ineceğim" dedi ve babası onun için ağlamaya devam etti.

³⁶Midyanlılar ise Yusuf'u Mısır'da Firavun'un bir saray görevlisi ve muhafız şefi olan Potifar'a sattılar.

¹ΚΑΤῼΚΕΙ δὲ ᾿Ιακὼβ ἐν τῇ γῇ, οὗ παρώκησεν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ, ἐν γῇ Χαναάν.

²αὗται δὲ αἱ γενέσεις ᾿Ιακώβ· ᾿Ιωσὴφ δὲ δέκα καὶ ἑπτὰ ἐτῶν ἦν, ποιμαίνων τὰ πρόβατα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ, ὢν νέος, μετὰ τῶν υἱῶν Βαλλᾶς καὶ μετὰ τῶν υἱῶν Ζελφᾶς τῶν γυναικῶν τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ· κατήνεγκαν δὲ ᾿Ιωσὴφ ψόγον πονηρὸν πρὸς ᾿Ισραὴλ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν.

³᾿Ιακὼβ δέ ἠγάπα τὸν ᾿Ιωσὴφ παρὰ πάντας τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ, ὅτι υἱὸς γήρως ἦν αὐτῷ· ἐποίησε δὲ αὐτῷ χιτῶνα ποικίλον.

⁴ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι αὐτὸν ὁ πατὴρ φιλεῖ ἐκ πάντων τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ, ἐμίσησαν αὐτὸν καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο λαλεῖν αὐτῷ οὐδὲν εἰρηνικόν.

⁵᾿Ενυπνιασθεὶς δὲ ᾿Ιωσὴφ ἐνύπνιον ἀπήγγειλεν αὐτὸ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ.

⁶καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· ἀκούσατε τοῦ ἐνυπνίου τούτου, οὗ ἐνυπνιάσθην·

⁷ᾤμην ὑμᾶς δεσμεύειν δράγματα ἐν μέσῳ τῷ πεδίῳ, καὶ ἀνέστη τὸ ἐμὸν δράγμα καὶ ὠρθώθη, περιστραφέντα δὲ τὰ δράγματα ὑμῶν προσεκύνησαν τὸ ἐμὸν δράγμα.

⁸εἶπαν δὲ αὐτῷ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ· μὴ βασιλεύων βασιλεύσεις ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς ἢ κυριεύων κυριεύσεις ἡμῶν; καὶ προσέθεντο ἔτι μισεῖν αὐτὸν ἕνεκεν τῶν ἐνυπνίων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἕνεκεν τῶν ρημάτων αὐτοῦ.

⁹εἶδε δὲ ἐνύπνιον ἕτερον καὶ διηγήσατο αὐτῷ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἶπεν· ἰδοὺ ἐνυπνιασάμην ἐνύπνιον ἕτερον, ὥσπερ ὁ ἥλιος καὶ ἡ σελήνη καὶ ἕνδεκα ἀστέρες προσεκύνουν με.

¹⁰καὶ ἐπετίμησεν αὐτῷ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· τί τὸ ἐνύπνιον τοῦτο, ὃ ἐνυπνιάσθης; ἆρά γε ἐλθόντες ἐλευσόμεθα ἐγώ τε καὶ ἡ μήτηρ σου καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί σου προσκυνῆσαί σοι ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν;

¹¹ἐζήλωσαν δὲ αὐτὸν οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ, ὁ δὲ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ διετήρησε τὸ ρῆμα.

¹²᾿Επορεύθησαν δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ βόσκειν τὰ πρόβατα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν εἰς Συχέμ.

¹³καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ισραὴλ πρὸς ᾿Ιωσήφ· οὐχὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί σου ποιμαίνουσιν εἰς Συχέμ; δεῦρο ἀποστείλω σε πρὸς αὐτούς. εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ· ἰδοὺ ἐγώ.

¹⁴εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ ᾿Ισραήλ· πορευθεὶς ἰδέ, εἰ ὑγιαίνουσιν οἱ ἀδελφοί σου καὶ τὰ πρόβατα, καὶ ἀνάγγειλόν μοι. καὶ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτὸν ἐκ τῆς κοιλάδος τῆς Χεβρών, καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς Συχέμ.

¹⁵καὶ εὗρεν αὐτὸν ἄνθρωπος πλανώμενον ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ· ἠρώτησε δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ ἄνθρωπος λέγων· τί ζητεῖς;

¹⁶ὁ δὲ εἶπε· τοὺς ἀδελφούς μου ζητῶ· ἀπάγγειλόν μοι, ποῦ βόσκουσιν.

¹⁷εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ ἄνθρωπος· ἀπῄρκασιν ἐντεῦθεν, ἤκουσα γὰρ αὐτῶν λεγόντων· πορευθῶμεν εἰς Δωθαείμ. καὶ ἐπορεύθη ᾿Ιωσὴφ κατόπισθεν τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ εὗρεν αὐτοὺς ἐν Δωθαείμ.

¹⁸προεῖδον δὲ αὐτὸν μακρόθεν πρὸ τοῦ ἐγγίσαι αὐτὸν πρὸς αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐπονηρεύοντο τοῦ ἀποκτεῖναι αὐτόν.

¹⁹εἶπε δὲ ἕκαστος πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ· ἰδοὺ ὁ ἐνυπνιαστὴς ἐκεῖνος ἔρχεται·

²⁰νῦν οὖν δεῦτε ἀποκτείνωμεν αὐτὸν καὶ ρίψωμεν αὐτὸν εἰς ἕνα τῶν λάκκων καὶ ἐροῦμεν· θηρίον πονηρὸν κατέφαγεν αὐτόν· καὶ ὀψόμεθα, τί ἔσται τὰ ἐνύπνια αὐτοῦ.

²¹ἀκούσας δὲ Ρουβὴν ἐξείλετο αὐτὸν ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν καὶ εἶπεν· οὐ πατάξωμεν αὐτὸν εἰς ψυχήν.

²²εἶπε δὲ αὐτοῖς Ρουβήν· μὴ ἐκχέητε αἷμα· ἐμβάλλετε αὐτὸν εἰς ἕνα τῶν λάκκων τούτων τῶν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, χεῖρα δὲ μὴ ἐπενέγκητε αὐτῷ· ὅπως ἐξέληται αὐτὸν ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν καὶ ἀποδῷ αὐτὸν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ.

²³ἐγένετο δὲ ἡνίκα ἦλθεν ᾿Ιωσὴφ πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ, ἐξέδυσαν ᾿Ιωσὴφ τὸν χιτῶνα τὸν ποικίλον τὸν περὶ αὐτόν

²⁴καὶ λαβόντες αὐτόν ἔρριψαν εἰς τὸν λάκκον· ὁ δὲ λάκκος κενός, ὕδωρ οὐκ εἶχεν.

²⁵᾿Εκάθισαν δὲ φαγεῖν ἄρτον καὶ ἀναβλέψαντες τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ ὁδοιπόροι ᾿Ισμαηλῖται ἤρχοντο ἐκ Γαλαάδ, καὶ αἱ κάμηλοι αὐτῶν ἔγεμαν θυμιαμάτων καὶ ρητίνης καὶ στακτῆς· ἐπορεύοντο δὲ καταγαγεῖν εἰς Αἴγυπτον.

²⁶εἶπε δὲ ᾿Ιούδας πρὸς τούς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ· τί χρήσιμον, ἐὰν ἀποκτείνωμεν τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν καὶ κρύψωμεν τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ;

²⁷δεῦτε ἀποδώμεθα αὐτὸν τοῖς ᾿Ισμαηλίταις τούτοις, αἱ δὲ χεῖρες ἡμῶν μὴ ἔστωσαν ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν, ὅτι ἀδελφὸς ἡμῶν καὶ σὰρξ ἡμῶν ἐστιν. ἤκουσαν δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ.

²⁸καὶ παρεπορεύοντο οἱ ἄνθρωποι οἱ Μαδιηναῖοι ἔμποροι, καὶ ἐξείλκυσαν καὶ ἀνεβίβασαν τὸν ᾿Ιωσὴφ ἐκ τοῦ λάκκου καὶ ἀπέδοντο τὸν ᾿Ιωσὴφ τοῖς ᾿Ισμαηλίταις εἴκοσι χρυσῶν, καὶ κατήγαγον τὸν ᾿Ιωσὴφ εἰς Αἴγυπτον.

²⁹ἀνέστρεψε δὲ Ρουβὴν ἐπὶ τὸν λάκκον καὶ οὐχ ὁρᾷ τὸν ᾿Ιωσὴφ ἐν τῷ λάκκῳ. καὶ διέρρηξε τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ.

³⁰καὶ ἐπέστρεψε πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ. καὶ εἶπε· τὸ παιδάριον οὐκ ἔστιν, ἐγὼ δὲ ποῦ πορεύομαι ἔτι;

³¹Λαβόντες δὲ τὸν χιτῶνα τοῦ ᾿Ιωσὴφ ἔσφαξαν ἔριφον αἰγῶν καὶ ἐμόλυναν τὸν χιτῶνα τῷ αἵματι.

³²καὶ ἀπέστειλαν τὸν χιτῶνα τὸν ποικίλον καὶ εἰσήνεγκαν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτῶν. καὶ εἶπαν· τοῦτον εὕρομεν, ἐπίγνωθι εἰ χιτὼν τοῦ υἱοῦ σού ἐστιν ἢ οὔ.

³³καὶ ἐπέγνω αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπε· χιτὼν τοῦ υἱοῦ μού ἐστι· θηρίον πονηρὸν κατέφαγεν αὐτόν, θηρίον ἥρπασε τὸν ᾿Ιωσήφ.

³⁴διέρρηξε δὲ ᾿Ιακὼβ τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπέθετο σάκκον ἐπὶ τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπένθει τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἡμέρας πολλάς.

³⁵συνήχθησαν δὲ πάντες οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες καὶ ἦλθον παρακαλέσαι αὐτόν, καὶ οὐκ ἤθελε παρακαλεῖσθαι λέγων ὅτι· καταβήσομαι πρὸς τὸν υἱόν μου πενθῶν εἰς ᾅδου. καὶ ἔκλαυσεν αὐτὸν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ.

³⁶οἱ δὲ Μαδιηναῖοι ἀπέδοντο τὸν ᾿Ιωσὴφ εἰς Αἴγυπτον τῷ Πετεφρῇ τῷ σπάδοντι Φαραώ, ἀρχιμαγείρῳ.

¹AND Jacob dwelt in the land where his father sojourned, in the land of Chanaan.

²And these are the generations of Jacob. And Joseph was seventeen years old, feeding the sheep of his father with his brethren, being young; with the sons of Balla, and with the sons of Zelpha, the wives of his father; and Joseph brought to Israel their father their evil reproach.

³And Jacob loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was to him the son of old age; and he made for him a coat of many colours.

⁴And his brethren having seen that his father loved him more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak anything peaceable to him.

⁵And Joseph dreamed a dream, and reported it to his brethren.

⁶And he said to them, Hear this dream which I have dreamed.

⁷I thought ye were binding sheaves in the middle of the field, and my sheaf stood up and was erected, and your sheaves turned round, and did obeisance to my sheaf.

⁸And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us, or shalt thou indeed be lord over us? And they hated him still more for his dreams and for his words.

⁹And he dreamed another dream, and related it to his father, and to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed another dream: as it were the sun, and the moon, and the eleven stars did me reverence.

¹⁰And his father rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream which thou hast dreamed? shall indeed both I and thy mother and thy brethren come and bow before thee to the earth?

¹¹And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

¹²And his brethren went to feed the sheep of their father to Sychem.

¹³And Israel said to Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed their flock in Sychem? Come, I will send thee to them; and he said to him, Behold, I [am here].

¹⁴And Israel said to him, Go and see if thy brethren and the sheep are well, and bring me word; and he sent him out of the valley of Chebron, and he came to Sychem.

¹⁵And a man found him wandering in the field; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

¹⁶And he said, I am seeking my brethren; tell me where they feed [their flocks].

¹⁷And 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.

¹⁸And they spied him from a distance before he drew nigh to them, and they wickedly took counsel to slay him.

¹⁹And each said to his brother, Behold, that dreamer comes.

²⁰Now 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.

²¹And Ruben having heard it, rescued him out of their hands, and said, Let us not kill him.

²²And 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.

²³And it came to pass, when Joseph came to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his many-coloured coat that was upon him.

²⁴And they took him and cast him into the pit; and the pit was empty, it had not water.

²⁵And they sat down to eat bread; and having lifted up their eyes they beheld, and lo, Ismaelitish travellers came from Galaad, and their camels were heavily loaded with spices, and resin, and myrrh; and they went to bring them to Egypt.

²⁶And Judas said to his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

²⁷Come, 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.

²⁸And the men, the merchants of Madian, went by, and they drew and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ismaelites for twenty pieces of gold; and they brought Joseph down into Egypt.

²⁹And Ruben returned to the pit, and sees not Joseph in the pit; and he rent his garments.

³⁰And he returned to his brethren and said, The boy is not; and I, whither am I yet to go?

³¹And having taken the coat of Joseph, they slew a kid of the goats, and stained the coat with the blood.

³²And they sent the coat of many colours; and they brought it to their father, and said, This have we found; know if it be thy son's coat or no.

³³And he recognised it, and said, It is my son's coat, an evil wild beast has devoured him; a wild beast has carried off Joseph.

³⁴And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

³⁵And 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.

³⁶And the Madianites sold Joseph into Egypt; to Petephres, the eunuch of Pharao, captain of the guard.