- Genesis 37:1
וַיֵּשֶׁב יַעֲקֹב בְּאֶרֶץ מְגוּרֵי אָבִיו בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן׃
Now Jacob was settled in the land where his father had sojourned, the land of Canaan.
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וִיתֵיב יַעֲקֹב בַּאֲרַע תּוֹתָבוּת אֲבוּהִי בְּאַרְעָא דִּכְנָעַן׃
Yaakov settled in the land of his father’s residence, in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 37:2
אֵלֶּה ׀ תֹּלְדוֹת יַעֲקֹב יוֹסֵף בֶּן־שְׁבַע־עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה הָיָה רֹעֶה אֶת־אֶחָיו בַּצֹּאן וְהוּא נַעַר אֶת־בְּנֵי בִלְהָה וְאֶת־בְּנֵי זִלְפָּה נְשֵׁי אָבִיו וַיָּבֵא יוֹסֵף אֶת־דִּבָּתָם רָעָה אֶל־אֲבִיהֶם׃
This, then, is the line of Jacob: At seventeen years of age, Joseph tended the flocks with his brothers, as a helper to the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah. And Joseph brought bad reports of them to their father.
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אִלֵּין תּוֹלְדָת יַעֲקֹב יוֹסֵף בַּר שְׁבַע עַסְרֵי שְׁנִין הֲוָה רָעֵי עִם אֲחוֹהִי בְּעָנָא וְהוּא רָבֵי עִם בְּנֵי בִלְהָה וְעִם בְּנֵי זִלְפָּה נְשֵׁי אֲבוּהִי וְאַיְתִי יוֹסֵף יָת טִבְּהוֹן בִּישָׁא לַאֲבוּהוֹן׃
This is the history of Yaakov; Yoseif at the age of seventeen years, would tend the sheep with his brothers, and the lad was [he had been raised] with the sons of Bilhah, and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives. Yoseif brought back bad reports about them to their father.
- Genesis 37:3
וְיִשְׂרָאֵל אָהַב אֶת־יוֹסֵף מִכׇּל־בָּנָיו כִּי־בֶן־זְקֻנִים הוּא לוֹ וְעָשָׂה לוֹ כְּתֹנֶת פַּסִּים׃
Now Israel loved Joseph best of all his sons—he was the child of his old age; and he had made him an ornamented tunic.
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וְיִשְׂרָאֵל רְחֵים יָת יוֹסֵף מִכָּל בְּנוֹהִי אֲרֵי בַר חַכִּים הוּא לֵיהּ וַעֲבַד לֵיהּ כִּתּוּנָא דְּפַסֵּי׃
Yisrael loved Yoseif more than any of his sons, for he was a [wise] son of his old age to him, and he made him a long, colorful cloak.
- Genesis 37:4
וַיִּרְאוּ אֶחָיו כִּי־אֹתוֹ אָהַב אֲבִיהֶם מִכׇּל־אֶחָיו וַיִּשְׂנְאוּ אֹתוֹ וְלֹא יָכְלוּ דַּבְּרוֹ לְשָׁלֹם׃
And when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of his brothers, they hated him so that they could not speak a friendly word to him.
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וַחֲזוֹ אֲחוֹהִי אֲרֵי יָתֵיהּ רָחֵים אֲבוּהוֹן מִכָּל אֲחוֹהִי וּסְנוֹ יָתֵיהּ וְלָא צָבַן לְמַלָּלָא עִמֵּיהּ שְׁלָם׃
His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him. They could not [were not willing to] speak to him peaceably.
- Genesis 37:5
וַיַּחֲלֹם יוֹסֵף חֲלוֹם וַיַּגֵּד לְאֶחָיו וַיּוֹסִפוּ עוֹד שְׂנֹא אֹתוֹ׃
Once Joseph had a dream that he told to his brothers; and they hated him even more.
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וַחֲלַם יוֹסֵף חֶלְמָא וְחַוִּי לַאֲחוֹהִי וְאוֹסִיפוּ עוֹד סְנוֹ יָתֵיהּ׃
Yoseif had a dream and he told his brothers, and they hated him even more.
- Genesis 37:6
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם שִׁמְעוּ־נָא הַחֲלוֹם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר חָלָמְתִּי׃
He said to them, “Hear this dream that I have dreamed:
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וַאֲמַר לְהוֹן שְׁמַעוּ כְעַן חֶלְמָא הָדֵין דַּחֲלַמִית׃
He said to them, Listen [now] to this dream that I dreamt.
- Genesis 37:7
וְהִנֵּה אֲנַחְנוּ מְאַלְּמִים אֲלֻמִּים בְּתוֹךְ הַשָּׂדֶה וְהִנֵּה קָמָה אֲלֻמָּתִי וְגַם־נִצָּבָה וְהִנֵּה תְסֻבֶּינָה אֲלֻמֹּתֵיכֶם וַתִּשְׁתַּחֲוֶיןָ לַאֲלֻמָּתִי׃
There we were binding sheaves in the field, when suddenly my sheaf stood up and remained upright; then your sheaves gathered around and bowed low to my sheaf.”
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וְהָא אֲנַחְנָא מְאַסְּרִין אֲסָרַן בְּגוֹ חַקְלָא וְהָא קַמַת אֲסָרְתִי וְאַף אִזְדְּקֵיפַת וְהָא מִסְתַּחְרָן אֲסָרָתְכוֹן וְסָגְדָן לַאֲסָרְתִי׃
Behold, we were binding sheaves in the middle of the field. Behold my sheaf rose and stood up straight; and behold your sheaves surrounded it and prostrated themselves to my sheaf.
- Genesis 37:8
וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ אֶחָיו הֲמָלֹךְ תִּמְלֹךְ עָלֵינוּ אִם־מָשׁוֹל תִּמְשֹׁל בָּנוּ וַיּוֹסִפוּ עוֹד שְׂנֹא אֹתוֹ עַל־חֲלֹמֹתָיו וְעַל־דְּבָרָיו׃
His brothers answered, “Do you mean to reign over us? Do you mean to rule over us?” And they hated him even more for his talk about his dreams.
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וַאֲמַרוּ לֵיהּ אֲחוֹהִי הֲמַלְכוּ אַתְּ מְדַמֵּי לְמִמְלַךְ עֲלַנָא אוֹ שׁוּלְטָן אַתְּ סְבִיר לְמִשְׁלַט בַּנָא וְאוֹסִיפוּ עוֹד סְנוֹ יָתֵיהּ עַל חֶלְמוֹהִי וְעַל פִּתְגָמוֹהִי׃
His brothers said to him, Will you then be a king over us? [Do you imagine that you will reign over us?] Will you indeed rule over us? [Or do you think that you will rule over us?] They hated him even more because of his dreams and his words.
- Genesis 37:9
וַיַּחֲלֹם עוֹד חֲלוֹם אַחֵר וַיְסַפֵּר אֹתוֹ לְאֶחָיו וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה חָלַמְתִּי חֲלוֹם עוֹד וְהִנֵּה הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וְהַיָּרֵחַ וְאַחַד עָשָׂר כּוֹכָבִים מִשְׁתַּחֲוִים לִי׃
He dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers, saying, “Look, I have had another dream: And this time, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
Targum Onkelos
וַחֲלַם עוֹד חֶלְמָא אֻחְרָנָא וְאִשְׁתַּעִי יָתֵיהּ לְאֲחוֹהִי וַאֲמַר הָא חֲלַמִית חֶלְמָא עוֹד וְהָא שִׁמְשָׁא וְסֵיהֲרָא וְחַד עֲסַר כּוֹכְבַיָּא סָגְדִין לִי׃
He had another dream and told it to his brothers. He said, Behold! I dreamed another dream. The sun, the moon, and eleven stars were prostrating themselves to me.
- Genesis 37:10
וַיְסַפֵּר אֶל־אָבִיו וְאֶל־אֶחָיו וַיִּגְעַר־בּוֹ אָבִיו וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ מָה הַחֲלוֹם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר חָלָמְתָּ הֲבוֹא נָבוֹא אֲנִי וְאִמְּךָ וְאַחֶיךָ לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺת לְךָ אָרְצָה׃
And when he told it to his father and brothers, his father berated him. “What,” he said to him, “is this dream you have dreamed? Are we to come, I and your mother and your brothers, and bow low to you to the ground?”
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וְאִשְׁתַּעִי לַאֲבוּהִי וּלְאֲחוֹהִי וּנְזַף בֵּיהּ אֲבוּהִי וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ מָא חֶלְמָא הָדֵין דַּחֲלַמְתָּא הֲמֵיתָא נֵיתֵי אֲנָא וְאִמָּךְ וַאֲחָךְ לְמִסְגַּד לָךְ עַל אַרְעָא׃
He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream that you dreamed? Shall I, your mother and your brothers come and prostrate themselves on the ground to you?
- Genesis 37:11
וַיְקַנְאוּ־בוֹ אֶחָיו וְאָבִיו שָׁמַר אֶת־הַדָּבָר׃
So his brothers were wrought up at him, and his father kept the matter in mind.
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וְקַנִּיאוּ בֵיהּ אֲחוֹהִי וַאֲבוּהִי נְטַר יָת פִּתְגָמָא׃
His brothers were jealous of him but his father kept the matter in mind.