A   Iacob dwelt in the lande where in his father was a straunger, euen in the l&abar;de of Chanaan. These are the generacyons of Iacob. when Ioseph was .xvij. yere olde, he kepte shepe wyth hys brethren, and the lad was with the sonnes of Bilha and with the sonnes of Zilpha his fathers wyues. And he brought vnto their father an euyll sayinge of them. But Israel loued Ioseph more than all hys chyldren, because he begat him in hys olde age, and he made hym a coote of many coloures.

And when hys brethren sawe that theyr father loued him more than all his brethren, they hated hym ∧ coulde not speke peaceably vnto hym. Moreouer whan Ioseph ^note had dreamed a dreame, B   he tolde it his brethren whych hated hym yet the more. &cross2; And he sayde vnto them: heare I praye yowe thys dreame which I haue dreamed: Beholde we were byndinge sheues in the felde: ∧ lo, my sheffe arose, and stode vp ryght, and youres stode rounde aboute and made obeysaunce to my sheffe. To whom hys brethren sayde: shalt thou be oure kynge in dede? or shalt þu; in dede haue dominyon ouer vs? And they hated hym yet the more, because of hys dreames, and of his wordes.

C   And he dreamed yet another dreame and tolde it his brethren sayinge: beholde, I haue had one dreame more: me thought the sonne Ioseph and the moone ∧ .xj. starres made obeysa&ubar;ce to me. And when he had tolde it vnto his father and hys brethren, hys father rebuked him ∧ sayde vnto him: what is thys dreame which thou hast dreamed: shall I ∧ thy mother and thy brethr&ebar; come to fall on the grounde before the? And hys brethr&ebar; hated him, but hys father noted the sayinge.

Hys brethren also went to kepe their fathers shepe in Sichem, and Israel sayde vnto Ioseph: do not thy brethren kepe in Sichem? come, and I wyll sende the to th&ebar;. He answered ^note here am I. And he sayde vnto him: goo and see whether it be well with thy brethren and the shepe, and brynge me worde agayne. And so he sent him out of the vale of Hebron and he went to Sichem. And a certayne man founde hym, and beholde he was wandrynge out of hys waye in the felde, and the m&abar; asked him: what sekest thou? He answered: I seke my brethren, tell me I praye the where they kepe shepe. D   And the m&abar; sayde, they are departed hence, for I herde them saye: let vs goo vnto Dothan. Thus went Ioseph after his brethren, and founde them in Dothan.

And when they sawe him a farre of before he came at them, they toke co&ubar;cell agaynst him, for to sley hym. For one sayde to another: Beholde this ^note dreamer commeth: come nowe therfore and let vs sley hym and cast hym in to some pytt, and we wyll saye a wycked beast hath deuoured hym, and we shall se what wyll come of hys dreames.

Wh&ebar; Ruben hearde that, he &rhand; ryd him out of their handes and sayde, we wyll not kyll hym. And Ruben sayde moreouer vnto them, shede not his ^note bloude, but cast him into thys pytt þt; is in the wyldernes, and laye no hande vpon him: (thys he sayde.) Namely, that he myght rydd him out of their handes ∧ delyuer him to hys father agayne. &cross3;

E   And it happened that whan Ioseph was come vnto hys brethr&ebar;, they strypte him out of his coot, hys party coloured coote þt; was vpon hym, and they toke hym and cast hym into an emptye pytt: Wherin was no water. And they satt th&ebar; downe to eate brede. And as they lyft vp their eyes and loked aboute, there came a companye of Ismaelytes from Gilead, and their camels lad&ebar; with spicery, baulme, and myrre, and were goynge downe to cary it into Egypte.

F   And Iuda sayde vnto his brethren: what auayleth it yf we sley oure brother, and kepe hys bloude secrett? come on and let vs ^note sell hym to the Ismaelytes, and let not oure h&abar;de be vpon hym: for he is oure brother and oure fleshe. And hys brethren were content. Than as the Madianites marchaunt men passed by, they drewe and lyft Ioseph out of the pytt and solde him vnto the Ismaelytes

Ioseph for .xx. peces of syluer. And they brought him into Egypte.

And when Ruben came agayne vnto þe; pytt ∧ fo&ubar;de not Ioseph there, he &rhand; rent his cloothes and went agayne vnto his brethr&ebar; sayinge: the lad is not yonder, and whether shall I goo? And they toke Iosephs coote and kylled a goote, ∧ dypped the coote in the bloude. And they sent that partye coloured coote, G   and brought it vnto their father and sayde: Thys haue we founde: se whether it be thy sonnes coote or no. And he knewe it sayinge, it is my sonnes coote, a wycked beast hath ^note deuoured hym, Ioseph is rent in peces. And Iacob rent hys cloothes, and put sacke clothe aboute his loynes, and sorowed for his sonne a longe season. But all his sonnes and all hys doughters rose vp to comforte him. Neuertheles he wolde not be comforted, but sayde: I wyll go downe into the graue vnto my sonne, mourninge. And thus hys father wepte for hym. And the Madianytes ^note solde hym in Egypte vnto Putiphar a Lord of Pharaos, and his chefe Stewarde.

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