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Genesis 37

Douay-Rheims and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587), verse by verse.

Genesis 37: Douay-Rheims and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587)
Douay-RheimsSeptuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587)
1And Jacob dwelt in the land of Chanaan wherein his father sojourned.Κατῴκει δὲ Ἰακὼβ ἐν τῇ γῇ, οὗ παρῴκησεν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ ἐν γῇ Χαναάν· αὗται δὲ αἱ γενέσεις Ἰακώβ.
2And these are his generations: Joseph, when he was sixteen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren, being but a boy: and he was with the sons of Bala and of Zelpha his father’s wives: and he accused his brethren to his father of a most wicked crime.Ἰωσὴφ 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 Ἰωσὴφ ψόγον πονηρὸν πρὸς Ἰσραὴλ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν.
3Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons, because he had him in his old age: and he made him a coat of divers colours.Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἠγάπα τὸν Ἰωσὴφ παρὰ πάντας τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ, ὅτι υἱὸς γήρως ἦν αὐτῷ· ἐποίησε δὲ αὐτῷ χιτῶνα ποικίλον.
4And his brethren seeing that he was loved by his father, more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.Ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι αὐτὸν ὁ πατὴρ φιλεῖ ἐκ πάντων τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ, ἐμίσησαν αὐτὸν, καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο λαλεῖν αὐτῷ οὐδὲν εἰρηνικόν.
5Now it fell out also that he told his brethren a dream, that he had dreamed: which occasioned them to hate him the more.Ἐνυπνιασθεὶς δὲ Ἰωσὴφ ἐνύπνιον, ἀπήγγειλεν αὐτὸ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ.
6And he said to them: Hear my dream which I dreamed.Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, ἀκούσατε τοῦ ἐνυπνίου τούτου, οὗ ἐνυπνιάσθην.
7I thought we were binding sheaves in the field: and my sheaf arose as it were, and stood, and your sheaves standing about, bowed down before my sheaf.Ὤμην ὑμᾶς δεσμεύειν δράγματα ἐν μέσῳ τῷ πεδίῳ· καὶ ἀνέστη τὸ ἐμὸν δράγμα, καὶ ὠρθώθη· περιστραφέντα δὲ τὰ δράγματα ὑμῶν, προσεκύνησαν τὸ ἐμὸν δράγμα.
8His brethren answered: Shalt thou be our king? or shall we be subject to thy dominion? Therefore this matter of his dreams and words ministered nourishment to their envy and hatred.Εἶπαν δὲ αὐτῷ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ, μὴ βασιλεύων βασιλεύσεις ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς, ἢ κυριεύων κυριεύσεις ἡμῶν, καὶ προσέθεντο ἔτι μισεῖν αὐτὸν ἕνεκεν τῶν ἐνυπνίων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἕνεκεν τῶν ῥημάτων αὐτοῦ.
9He dreamed also another dream, which he told his brethren, saying: I saw in a dream, as it were the sun, and the moon, and eleven stars worshipping me.Εἶδε δὲ ἐνύπνιον ἕτερον, καὶ διηγήσατο αὐτὸ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ· καὶ εἶπεν, ἰδοὺ ἐνυπνιασάμην ἐνύπνιον ἕτερον· ὥσπερ ὁ ἥλιος, καὶ ἡ σελήνη, καὶ ἕνδεκα ἀστέρες προσεκύνουν με.
10And when he had told this to his father and brethren, his father rebuked him, and said: What meaneth this dream that thou hast dreamed? shall I and thy mother, and thy brethren worship thee upon the earth?Καὶ 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;
11His brethren therefore envied him: but his father considered the thing with himself.Ἐζήλωσαν δὲ αὐτὸν οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ· ὁ δὲ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ διετήρησε τὸ ῥῆμα.
12And when his brethren abode in Sichem feeding their father’s flocks,Ἐπορεύθησαν δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ βόσκειν τὰ πρόβατα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν εἰς Συχέμ.
13Israel said to him: Thy brethren feed the sheep in Sichem: come, I will send thee to them. And when he answered:Καὶ εἶπεν Ἰσραὴλ πρὸς Ἰωσὴφ, οὐχὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί σου ποιμαίνουσιν εἰς Συχέμ; δεῦρο ἀποστείλω σε πρὸς αὐτούς· εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ, ἰδοὺ ἐγώ.
14I am ready: he said to him: Go, and see if all things be well with thy brethren, and the cattle: and bring me word again what is doing. So being sent from the vale of Hebron, he came to Sichem:Εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ Ἰσραὴλ, πορευθεὶς ἴδε, εἰ ὑγιαίνουσιν οἱ ἀδελφοί σου, καὶ τὰ πρόβατα, καὶ ἀνάγγειλόν μοι· καὶ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτὸν ἐκ τῆς κοιλάδος τῆς Χεβρών· καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς Συχέμ.
15And a man found him there wandering in the field, and asked what he sought.Καὶ εὗρεν αὐτὸν ἄνθρωπος πλανώμενον ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ· ἠρώτησε δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ ἄνθρωπος, λέγων, τί ζητεῖς;
16But he answered: I seek my brethren; tell me where they feed the flocks.Ὁ δὲ εἶπε, τοὺς ἀδελφούς μου ζητῶ· ἀπάγγειλόν μοι ποῦ βόσκουσιν.
17And the man said to him: They are departed from this place: for I heard them say: Let us go to Dothain. And Joseph went forward after his brethren, and found them in Dothain.Εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ ἄνθρωπος, ἀπῄρκασιν ἐντεῦθεν· ἤκουσα γὰρ αὐτῶν λεγόντων, πορευθῶμεν εἰς Δωθαείμ· καὶ ἐπορεύθη Ἰωσὴφ κατόπισθε τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ εὗρεν αὐτοὺς ἐν Δωθαείμ.
18And when they saw him afar off, before he came nigh them, they thought to kill him.Προεῖδον δὲ αὐτὸν μακρόθεν πρὸ τοῦ ἐγγίσαι αὐτὸν πρὸς αὐτούς· καὶ ἐπονηρεύοντο τοῦ ἀποκτεῖναι αὐτόν.
19And said one to another: Behold the dreamer cometh.Εἶπε δὲ ἕκαστος πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, ἰδοὺ ὁ ἐνυπνιαστὴς ἐκεῖνος ἔρχεται.
20Come, let us kill him, and cast him into some old pit: and we will say: Some evil beast hath devoured him: and then it shall appear what his dreams avail him:Νῦν οὖν δεῦτε ἀποκτείνωμεν αὐτὸν, καὶ ῥίψωμεν αὐτὸν εἰς ἕνα τῶν λάκκων· καὶ ἐροῦμεν, θηρίον πονηρὸν κατέφαγεν αὐτόν· καὶ ὀψόμεθα, τί ἔσται τὰ ἐνύπνια αὐτοῦ.
21And Ruben hearing this, endeavoured to deliver him out of their hands, and said:Ἀκούσας δὲ Ῥουβὴν, ἐξείλετο αὐτὸν ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν· καὶ εἶπεν, οὐ πατάξωμεν αὐτὸν εἰς ψυχήν.
22Do not take away his life, nor shed his blood: but cast him into this pit, that is in the wilderness, and keep your hands harmless: now he said this, being desirous to deliver him out of their hands and to restore him to his father.Εἶπε δὲ αὐτοῖς Ῥουβὴν, 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.
23And as soon as he came to his brethren, they forthwith stript him of his outside coat, that was of divers colours:Ἐγένετο δὲ ἡνίκα ἦλθεν Ἰωσὴφ πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ, ἐξέδυσαν Ἰωσὴφ τὸν χιτῶνα τὸν ποικίλον τὸν περὶ αὐτόν.
24And cast him into an old pit, where there was no water.Καὶ λαβόντες αὐτὸν, ἔῤῥιψαν εἰς τὸν λάκκον· ὁ δὲ λάκκος κενὸς, ὕδωρ οὐκ εἶχε.
25And sitting down to eat bread, they saw some Ismaelites on their way coming from Galaad, with their camels, carrying spices, and balm, and myrrh to Egypt.Ἐκάθισαν δὲ φαγεῖν ἄρτον· καὶ ἀναβλέψαντες τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ ὁδοιπόροι Ἰσμαηλῖται ἤρχοντο ἐκ Γαλαάδ· καὶ αἱ κάμηλοι αὐτῶν ἔγεμον θυμιαμάτων καὶ ῥητίνης καὶ στακτῆς. ἐπορεύοντο δὲ καταγαγεῖν εἰς Αἴγυπτον.
26And Juda said to his brethren: What will it profit us to kill our brother, and conceal his blood?Εἶπε δὲ Ἰούδας πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ, τί χρήσιμον, ἐὰν ἀποκτείνωμεν τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν, καὶ κρύψωμεν τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ;
27It is better that he be sold to the Ismaelites, and that our hands be not defiled: for he is our brother and our flesh. His brethren agreed to his words.Δεῦτε ἀποδώμεθα αὐτὸν τοῖς Ἰσμαηλίταις τούτοις· αἱ δὲ χεῖρες ἡμῶν μὴ ἔστωσαν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν, ὅτι ἀδελφὸς ἡμῶν καὶ σὰρξ ἡμῶν ἐστίν. Ἤκουσαν δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ.
28And when the Madianite merchants passed by, they drew him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ismaelites, for twenty pieces of silver: and they led him into Egypt.Καὶ παρεπορεύοντο οἱ ἄνθρωποι οἱ Μαδιηναῖοι ἔμποροι, καὶ ἐξείλκυσαν καὶ ἀνεβίβασαν τὸν Ἰωσὴφ ἐκ τοῦ λάκκου· καὶ ἀπέδοντο τὸν Ἰωσὴφ τοῖς Ἰσμαηλίταις εἴκοσι χρυσῶν. Καὶ κατήγαγον τὸν Ἰωσὴφ εἰς Αἴγυπτον.
29And Ruben, returning to the pit, found not the boy:Ἀνέστρεψε δὲ Ῥουβὴν ἐπὶ τὸν λάκκον, καὶ οὐχ ὁρᾷ τὸν Ἰωσὴφ ἐν τῷ λάκκῳ· καὶ διέῤῥηξε τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ.
30And rending his garments he went to his brethren, and said: The boy doth not appear and whither shall I go?Καὶ ἐπέστρεψε πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἶπε, τὸ παιδάριον οὐκ ἔστιν· ἐγὼ δὲ ποῦ πορεύομαι ἔτι;
31And they took his coat, and dipped it in the blood of a kid, which they had killed:Λαβόντες δὲ τὸν χιτῶνα τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ, ἔσφαξαν ἔριφον αἰγῶν, καὶ ἐμόλυναν τὸν χιτῶνα τῷ αἵματι.
32Sending some to carry it to their father, and to say: This we have found: see whether it be thy son’s coat, or not.Καὶ ἀπέστειλαν τὸν χιτῶνα τὸν ποικίλον, καὶ εἰσήνεγκαν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτῶν· καὶ εἶπαν, τοῦτον εὕρομεν, ἐπίγνωθι εἰ χιτὼν τοῦ υἱοῦ σου ἐστὶν, ἢ οὔ.
33And the father acknowledging it, said: It is my son’s coat, an evil wild beast hath eaten him, a beast hath devoured Joseph.Καὶ ἐπέγνω αὐτὸν, καὶ εἶπε, χιτὼν τοῦ υἱοῦ μου ἐστί· θηρίον πονηρὸν κατέφαγεν αὐτόν· θηρίον ἥρπασε τὸν Ἰωσήφ.
34And tearing his garments, he put on sackcloth, mourning for his son a long time.Διέῤῥηξε δὲ Ἰακὼβ τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπέθετο σάκκον ἐπὶ τὴν ὀσφῦν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπένθει τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἡμέρας πολλάς.
35And all his children being gathered together to comfort their father in his sorrow, he would not receive comfort, but said: I will go down to my son into hell, mourning. And whilst he continued weeping,Συνήχθησαν 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.
36The Madianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Putiphar, an eunuch of Pharao, captain of the soldiers.Οἱ δὲ Μαδιηναῖοι ἀπέδοντο τὸν Ἰωσὴφ εἰς Αἴγυπτον τῷ Πετεφρῇ τῷ σπάδοντι Φαραὼ ἀρχιμαγείρῳ.

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