Genesis 37

Gen Z: Genesis 37

1Jacob was chillin' in Canaan, where his dad was a total outsider.

2So, Jacob's fam is lit. Joseph, just 17, was out here feeding the flocks with his bros; he was hangin' with Bilhah and Zilpah's sons, and he snitched on them to his dad.

3Israel was super into Joseph, way more than his other kids, 'cause he was a late-in-life baby. He even hooked him up with a dope multicolored coat.

4When his bros saw that their dad was vibing harder with Joseph, they low-key hated him and couldn't even pretend to be nice.

5Joseph had a wild dream and spilled the tea to his bros, and they were even more salty about it.

6He was like, "Yo, check this dream I had!"

7So, we were tying up grain in the field, and my bundle stood up while yours were bowing down to mine.

8His bros were like, "You really think you're gonna rule over us? Bet." They were even more mad about his dreams and what he said.

9Then he had another dream and told his bros, like, "I had another one! The sun, moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me."

10He shared it with his dad and bros, and his dad was like, "What’s up with this dream? You think we’re all gonna bow down to you? No cap?"

11His bros were super jelly of him, but his dad was vibing with what he said.

12His bros dipped to take care of their dad's sheep in Shechem.

13Israel was like, "Aren't your bros feeding the sheep in Shechem? Come through, I got a mission for you." He was like, "I'm here for it."

14He told him, "Go check on your bros and the flocks, and hit me up with the deets." So, he sent him out from Hebron, and he rolled up to Shechem.

15A dude found him wandering in the field and asked, "What’s good? What you looking for?"

16He said, "I’m looking for my bros. Can you tell me where they’re chilling with the sheep?"

17The guy was like, "They bounced; I heard them say they were heading to Dothan." So, Joseph chased after them and found them there.

18When they spotted him from a distance, before he got close, they started plotting to take him out.

19They were like, "Look, here comes that dreamer."

20"Let’s just take him out and toss him in a pit. We’ll say a wild animal got him and see what happens to his dreams."

21Reuben heard the tea and was like, "Chill, let’s not off him."

22He told them, "No cap, let’s just toss him in this pit instead, then we can get him back to Dad."

23When Joseph rolled up on his bros, they straight-up ripped off his dope coat.

24They tossed him into a pit that was empty, like, no water at all.

25Then they sat down to munch, but peeped a squad of Ishmeelites rolling in with spices and stuff headed to Egypt.

26Judah was like, "What’s the vibe if we off our bro and hide the evidence?"

27He said, "Bet, let’s just sell him to the Ishmeelites; he’s our fam, after all." His bros were down.

28Then some Midianite traders came by, and they pulled Joseph outta the pit and sold him for twenty silver coins, taking him to Egypt.

29Reuben came back to the pit and freaked out when he saw Joseph was gone; he ripped his clothes in despair.

30He went back to his bros and was like, "Dude, he’s not here; what am I supposed to do now?"

31They snagged Joseph's coat, took a goat, and soaked it in blood; savage move.

32They sent the colorful coat to their dad, like, "Yo, look what we found! Is this your son's drip or nah?"

33He saw it and was like, "Fr, that's my son's coat; a savage beast totally wrecked him. Joseph is done for."

34Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned for his son for days. No cap, he was heartbroken.

35All his kids tried to comfort him, but he was like, "Nah, I'm too crushed. I'm going down to the grave mourning for my son." His dad was straight-up weeping.

36The Midianites sold him to Potiphar in Egypt, who was like a big deal in Pharaoh's squad.

KJV: Genesis 37

1And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

2These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.

3Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

4And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

5And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

6And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

7For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

8And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

9And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

10And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

11And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

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

13And 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.

14And 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.

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

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

17And 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.

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

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

20Come 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.

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

22And 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.

23And 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;

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

25And 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.

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

27Come, 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.

28Then 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.

29And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.

30And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?

31And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;

32And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no.

33And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

34And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

35And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

36And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.

Get the Full Gen Z Bible ❤️‍🔥

Download Bible Mode—the #1 app
to help you feel closer to God.

Download on the App Store