Comparison
Genesis 37
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | And Jacob dwelt in the land of Chanaan wherein his father sojourned. | Habitavit autem Iacob in terra Chanaan, in qua pater suus peregrinatus est. |
| 2 | And 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. | Et hae sunt generationes eius: Ioseph cum sedecim esset annorum, pascebat gregem cum fratribus suis adhuc puer: et erat cum filiis Balae et Zelphae uxorum patris sui: accusavitque fratres suos apud patrem crimine pessimo. |
| 3 | Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons, because he had him in his old age: and he made him a coat of divers colours. | Israël autem diligebat Ioseph super omnes filios suos, eo quod in senectute genuisset eum: fecitque ei tunicam polymitam. |
| 4 | And his brethren seeing that he was loved by his father, more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him. | Videntes autem fratres eius quod a patre plus cunctis filiis amaretur, oderant eum, nec poterant ei quidquam pacifice loqui. |
| 5 | Now it fell out also that he told his brethren a dream, that he had dreamed: which occasioned them to hate him the more. | Accidit quoque ut visum somnium referret fratribus suis: quae causa maioris odii seminarium fuit. |
| 6 | And he said to them: Hear my dream which I dreamed. | Dixitque ad eos: Audite somnium meum quod vidi: |
| 7 | I 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. | putabam nos ligare manipulos in agro: et quasi consurgere manipulum meum, et stare, vestrosque manipulos circumstantes adorare manipulum meum. |
| 8 | His 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. | Responderunt fratres eius: Numquid rex noster eris? aut subiiciemur ditioni tuae? Haec ergo causa somniorum atque sermonum, invidiae et odii fomitem ministravit. |
| 9 | He 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. | Aliud quoque vidit somnium, quod narrans fratribus, ait: Vidi per somnium, quasi solem, et lunam, et stellas undecim adorare me. |
| 10 | And 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? | Quod cum patri suo, et fratribus retulisset, increpavit eum pater suus, et dixit: Quid sibi vult hoc somnium quod vidisti? num ego et mater tua, et fratres tui adorabimus te super terram? |
| 11 | His brethren therefore envied him: but his father considered the thing with himself. | Invidebant ei igitur fratres sui: pater vero rem tacitus considerabat. |
| 12 | And when his brethren abode in Sichem feeding their father’s flocks, | Cumque fratres illius in pascendis gregibus patris morarentur in Sichem, |
| 13 | Israel said to him: Thy brethren feed the sheep in Sichem: come, I will send thee to them. And when he answered: | dixit ad eum Israël: Fratres tui pascunt oves in Sichimis: veni, mittam te ad eos. Quo respondente, |
| 14 | I 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: | Praesto sum, ait ei: Vade, et vide si cuncta prospera sint erga fratres tuos, et pecora: et renuntia mihi quid agatur. Missus de valle Hebron, venit in Sichem: |
| 15 | And a man found him there wandering in the field, and asked what he sought. | invenitque eum vir errantem in agro, et interrogavit quid quaereret. |
| 16 | But he answered: I seek my brethren; tell me where they feed the flocks. | At ille respondit: Fratres meos quaero: indica mihi ubi pascant greges. |
| 17 | And 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. | Dixitque ei vir: Recesserunt de loco isto: audivi autem eos dicentes: Eamus in Dothain. Perrexit ergo Ioseph post fratres suos, et invenit eos in Dothain. |
| 18 | And when they saw him afar off, before he came nigh them, they thought to kill him. | Qui cum vidissent eum procul, antequam accederet ad eos, cogitaverunt illum occidere: |
| 19 | And said one to another: Behold the dreamer cometh. | et mutuo loquebantur: Ecce somniator venit: |
| 20 | Come, 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: | venite, occidamus eum, et mittamus in cisternam veterem: dicemusque: Fera pessima devoravit eum: et tunc apparebit quid illi prosint somnia sua. |
| 21 | And Ruben hearing this, endeavoured to deliver him out of their hands, and said: | Audiens autem hoc Ruben, nitebatur liberare eum de manibus eorum, et dicebat: |
| 22 | Do 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. | Non interficiatis animam eius, nec effundatis sanguinem: sed proiicite eum in cisternam hanc, quae est in solitudine, manusque vestras servate innoxias: hoc autem dicebat, volens eripere eum de manibus eorum, et reddere patri suo. |
| 23 | And as soon as he came to his brethren, they forthwith stript him of his outside coat, that was of divers colours: | Confestim igitur ut pervenit ad fratres suos, nudaverunt eum tunica talari et polymita: |
| 24 | And cast him into an old pit, where there was no water. | miseruntque eum in cisternam veterem, quae non habebat aquam. |
| 25 | And 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. | Et sedentes ut comederent panem, viderunt Ismaëlitas viatores venire de Galaad, et camelos eorum portantes aromata, et resinam, et stacten in Aegyptum. |
| 26 | And Juda said to his brethren: What will it profit us to kill our brother, and conceal his blood? | Dixit ergo Iudas fratribus suis: Quid nobis prodest si occiderimus fratrem nostrum, et celaverimus sanguinem ipsius? |
| 27 | It 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. | melius est ut venundetur Ismaëlitis, et manus nostrae non polluantur: frater enim et caro nostra est. Acquieverunt fratres sermonibus illius. |
| 28 | And 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. | Et praetereuntibus Madianitis negotiatoribus, extrahentes eum de cisterna, vendiderunt eum Ismaëlitis, viginti argenteis: qui duxerunt eum in Aegyptum. |
| 29 | And Ruben, returning to the pit, found not the boy: | Reversusque Ruben ad cisternam, non invenit puerum: |
| 30 | And rending his garments he went to his brethren, and said: The boy doth not appear and whither shall I go? | et scissis vestibus pergens ad fratres suos, ait: Puer non comparet, et ego quo ibo? |
| 31 | And they took his coat, and dipped it in the blood of a kid, which they had killed: | Tulerunt autem tunicam eius, et in sanguine haedi, quem occiderant, tinxerunt: |
| 32 | Sending some to carry it to their father, and to say: This we have found: see whether it be thy son’s coat, or not. | mittentes qui ferrent ad patrem, et dicerent: Hanc invenimus: vide utrum tunica filii tui sit, an non. |
| 33 | And the father acknowledging it, said: It is my son’s coat, an evil wild beast hath eaten him, a beast hath devoured Joseph. | Quam cum agnovisset pater, ait: Tunica filii mei est: fera pessima comedit eum, bestia devoravit Ioseph. |
| 34 | And tearing his garments, he put on sackcloth, mourning for his son a long time. | Scissisque vestibus, indutus est cilicio, lugens filium suum multo tempore. |
| 35 | And 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, | Congregatis autem cunctis liberis eius ut lenirent dolorem patris, noluit consolationem accipere, sed ait: Descendam ad filium meum lugens in infernum. Et illo perseverante in fletu, |
| 36 | The Madianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Putiphar, an eunuch of Pharao, captain of the soldiers. | Madianitae vendiderunt Ioseph in Aegypto Putiphari eunucho Pharaonis, magistro militum. |
