Joseph Is Sent To His Brothers By Jacob – A Plot To Kill

JACOB SENDS JOSEPH TO HIS BRETHREN

The vale of Shechem was, from the earliest mention of Canaan, blest with extraordinary abundance of water.

Therefore did the sons of Jacob go from Hebron to this place, though it must have cost them near twenty hours‘ travelling – that is, at the shepherd rate, a little more than fifty miles.

But the herbage there was so rich and nutritious that they thought it well worth the pains of so long a journey, to the neglect of the grazing district of Hebron [Van De Velde].

Anxious to learn how his sons were doing in their distant encampment, Jacob dispatched Joseph; and the youth, accepting the mission with alacrity, left the vale of Hebron, sought them at Shechem, heard of them from a man in “the field” (the wide and richly cultivated plain of Esdraelon), and found that they had left that neighborhood for Dothan, probably being compelled by the detestation in which, from the horrid massacre, their name was held.

in the modern “Dothan,” situated a few hours‘ distance from Shechem on the level grass field, where they were watching their cattle.

They could perceive him approaching in the distance from the side of Shechem, or rather, Samaria.

Genesis 37:12-28 KJV

[12] And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.

[13] And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.

[14] And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

[15] And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

[16] And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.

[17] And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.

[18] And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

[19] And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

[20] Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

[21] And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

[22] And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

[23] And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;

[24] And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

[25] And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

[26] And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

[27] Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.

[28] Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

Genesis 37:12 KJV

And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.

Genesis 37:13 KJV

And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.

Genesis 37:14 KJV

And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

Genesis 37:15 KJV

And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

Genesis 37:16 KJV

And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.

Genesis 37:17 KJV

And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.

Genesis 37:18 KJV

And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

Genesis 37:19 KJV

And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

Genesis 37:20 KJV

Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

Genesis 37:21 KJV

And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

Genesis 37:22 KJV

And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

Genesis 37:23 KJV

And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;

Genesis 37:24 KJV

And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

Genesis 37:25 KJV

And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

Genesis 37:26 KJV

And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

Genesis 37:27 KJV

Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.

Genesis 37:28 KJV

Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

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