القراءة بلغتين

وسَكَنَ يَعْقوبُ في الأَرضِ الَّتي نَزَلَ فيها أَبوه في أَرضِ كَنْعان

وهٰذه سيرةُ يَعْقوب: لَمَّا كانَ يوسفُ ٱبنَ سَبْعَ عَشرَةَ سَنَةً وكانَ يَرْعى الغَنَمَ مع إِخْوَته – وهو شابّ – مع بَني بِلْهَةَ وبَني زِلْفَة، اِمرَأَتَي أَبيه، أَخبَرَ يوسفُ أَباهم عنهُم خَبَرًا شَنيعًا

وكانَ إِسْرائيلُ يُحِبُّ يوسفَ على جَميعِ بَنيه لِأَنَّه ٱبنُ شَيخوخَتِه، فصَنَعَ له قَميصًا مُوشًّى

ورأَى إِخوَتُه أَنَّ أَباه يُحِبُّه على جَميعِ إِخْوَتِه، فأَبغَضوه ولم يَستَطيعوا أَن يُكَلِّموه بِمَوَدَّة

ورأَى يوسفُ حُلْمًا فأَخبَرَ بِه إِخْوَتَه، فٱزدادوا بُغْضًا لَه

قال لهم: «اِسمَعوا هٰذا الحُلْمَ الَّذي رَأَيتُه

رَأَيتُ كأَنَّنا نَحزِمُ حُزَمًا في الحَقْل، فإِذا حُزْمَتي وَقَفَت ثُمَّ ٱنتَصَبَت فأَحاطَت حُزَمُكم بِحُزْمَتي وسَجَدَت لَها»

فقالَ لَه إِخْوَتُه: «أَتُراكَ تملِكُ علَينا أَو تَتَسَلَّطُ علَينا؟» وٱزدادوا أَيضًا بُغْضًا لَه بِسَبَبِ أَحْلامِه وأَقْوالِه

ورأَى أَيضًا حُلْمًا آخَر، فقَصَّه على إِخوَتِه وقال: «رَأَيتُ حُلْمًا أَيضًا كأَنَّ الشَّمْسَ والقَمَرَ وأَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوكَبًا ساجِدةٌ لي»

ولَمَّا قَصَّه على أَبيه وإِخوَتِه، وَبَّخَه أَبوه وقالَ لَه: «ما هٰذا الحُلْمُ الَّذي رَأَيتَه؟ أَتُرانا نأتي أَنا وأُمُّكَ وإِخوَتُكَ فنَسجُدُ لَكَ إِلى الأَرض؟»

فحَسَدَه إِخْوَتُه، وأَمَّا أَبوه فكانَ يَحفَظُ هٰذا الأَمْر

وَمَضَى إِخْوَتُهُ لِيَرْعَوْا غَنَمَ أَبِيهِمْ عِنْدَ شَكِيمَ.

فقالَ إِسْرائيلُ لِيوسُف: «أَلا يَرْعى إِخوَتُكَ عِندَ شَكيم؟ هَلُمَّ أُرسِلُكَ إِلَيهم». قالَ لَه: «هاءَنذا»

فقالَ له: «اِمْضِ فٱفتَقِدْ سَلامةَ إِخوَتِكَ وسَلامةَ الغَنَم، وٱئتِني بالخَبَر». وأَرسَلَه مِن وادي حَبْرون، فأَتى يوسفُ شَكيم

فصادَفَه رَجُلٌ وهو تائِهٌ في الحَقْل، فسأَلَه الرَّجُلُ قائلًا: «عمَّا تَبحَث؟»

قال: «أَبْحَثُ عن إِخوَتي، أَخبِرْني أَينَ يَرعَون»

فقالَ الرَّجُل: «قد رَحَلوا مِن هٰهُنا، وقد سَمِعتُهم يَقولون: نَمْضي إلى دوتائين». فمَضى يوسفُ في إِثْرِ إِخوَتِه فَوجَدَهم في دوتائين

فلَمَّا رأَوه عن بُعْدٍ قَبلَ أَن يَقتَرِبَ مِنْهم، تآمَروا علَيه لِيُميتوه

قالَ بَعضُهم لِبَعْض: «ها هُوَذا صاحِبُ الأَحْلامِ مُقبِل

والآن تَعالَوا نَقتُلُه ونَطرَحُه في إِحْدى الآبار ونقولُ إِنَّ وَحْشًا ٱفتَرَسَه، ونَرى ما يَكونُ مِن أَحْلامِه»

فسَمِعَ رَأُوبين، فخَلَّصَه من أَيْديهم قائلًا: «لا نَقتُلْ نَفْسًا»

وقالَ لَهم رأُوبين: «لا تَسفِكوا دَمًا، اِطْرَحوه في هٰذه البِئرِ الَّتي في الحَقْل ولا تُلْقوا أَيدِيَكم علَيه»، ومُرادُه أَن يُخَلِّصَه مِن أَيديهِم ويَرُدَّه إِلى أَبيه

فلَمَّا وَصَلَ يوسفُ إِلى إِخوَتِه، نَزَعوا عنه قَميصَه، القَميصَ المُوَشَّى الَّذي علَيه

وأَخَذوه وطَرَحوه في البِئر، وكانَتِ البِئرُ فارِغَةً لا ماءَ فيها

ثُمَّ جَلَسوا يَأكُلون. ورَفَعوا عُيونَهم ونَظَروا، فإِذا بِقافِلَةٍ مِنَ الإِسْماعِيلِّينَ مُقبِلَةٌ مِن جِلْعاد، وجِمالُهم مُحَمَّلَةٌ صَمْغَ قَتادٍ وبَلَسانًا ولاذَنًا، وهم سائِرونَ لِيَنزِلوا بِها إِلى مِصْر

فقالَ يَهوذا لإِخوَتِه: «ما الفائِدَةُ مِن أَن نَقْتُلَ أَخانا ونُخفِيَ دَمَه؟

تَعالَوا نَبيعُه لِلإِسْماعيلِيِّين، ولا تَكُنْ أَيدينا علَيه لِأَنَّه أَخونا ولَحمُنا». فسَمِعَ لَه إِخوَتُه

فمَرَّ قَومٌ مِديَنِيُّونَ تُجَّار فٱنتَشَلوا يوسفَ وأَصعَدوه مِنَ البِئر وباعوه لِلإِسْماعِيلِيِّينَ بِعِشْرينَ مِنَ الفِضَّة، فأَتَوا بِيُوسفَ إِلى مِصْر

ورَجَعَ رأُوبينُ إِلى البِئْر فإِذا يوسفُ لَيسَ في البِئرِ فمَزَّقَ ثِيابَه

ورَجَعَ إِلى إِخوَتِه وقال: «الوَلَدُ لَيسَ مَوجودًا، وأَنا إِلى أَينَ أَمْضي؟»

فأَخَذوا قَميصَ يوسُف وذَبَحوا تَيسًا مِنَ المَعِزِ وغَمَسوا القَميصَ في الدَم

وبَعَثوا بالقَميصِ المُوَشَّى وأَوصَلوه إِلى أَبيهِمِ وقالوا: «وَجَدْنا هٰذا. أُنظُرْ: أَقَميصُ ٱبنِكَ هو أَم لا؟»

فَنَظَرَ إِلَيه وقال: «هو قَميصُ ٱبْني. وَحشٌ ضارٍ أَكَلَه. اِفْتُرِسَ يوسفُ ٱفتِراسًا»

ومَزَّقَ يَعْقوبُ ثِيابَه وشَدَّ مِسْحًا على حَقْوَيَه وحَزِنَ على ٱبنِه أَيَّامًا كَثيرة

وقامَ جَميعُ بَنيه وجَميعُ بَناتِه يُعَزُّونَه، فأَبى أَن يَتَعَزَّى وقال: «إِنِّي أَنزِلُ حَزينًا إِلى ٱبني، إِلى مَثْوى الأَموات»، وبَكى عَلَيه أَبوه

وباعَه المِديَنِيُّونَ في مِصْرَ لِفوطيفار، خَصِيِّ فِرْعَونَ ورَئيسِ الحَرَس

Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan.

This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a tunic of many colors.

His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn’t speak peaceably to him.

Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.

He said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:

for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf.”

His brothers asked him, “Will you indeed reign over us? Will you indeed have dominion over us?” They hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words.

He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, “Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.”

He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to the earth before you?”

His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.

His brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.

Israel said to Joseph, “Aren’t your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” He said to him, “Here I am.”

He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again.” So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, “What are you looking for?”

He said, “I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock.”

The man said, “They have left here, for I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.

They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.

They said to one another, “Behold, this dreamer comes.

Come now therefore, and let’s kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, ‘An evil animal has devoured him.’ We will see what will become of his dreams.”

Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, “Let’s not take his life.”

Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him”—that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.

When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him;

and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.

They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?

Come, and let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh.” His brothers listened to him.

Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The merchants brought Joseph into Egypt.

Reuben returned to the pit, and saw that Joseph wasn’t in the pit; and he tore his clothes.

He returned to his brothers, and said, “The child is no more; and I, where will I go?”

They took Joseph’s tunic, and killed a male goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood.

They took the tunic of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, “We have found this. Examine it, now, and see if it is your son’s tunic or not.”

He recognized it, and said, “It is my son’s tunic. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.”

Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” His father wept for him.

The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard.