Vayeshev 37:1-40:23
Haftarah Ahmos 2:6-3:8
ראשון (Rishon)
37
And Yaakov dwelt in the land in which his abba was a ger, in the land of Kanaan.
2 These are the generations of Yaakov. Yoseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his abba's wives: and Yoseph brought to his abba evil reports about them.
3 Now Yisrael loved Yoseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors.
4 And when his brothers saw that their abba loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak nicely to him.
5 And Yoseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers: and they hated him even more.
6 And he said to them, Please listen to this dream that I have dreamed:
7 For, see, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, see, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, see, your sheaves stood all around, and bowed to my sheaf.
8 And his brothers said to him, Shall you indeed reign over us? Or, shall you indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him even more for his dreams, and for his words.
9 And he dreamed another dream, and told it his brothers, and said, See, I have dreamed yet another dream; and, see, the sun and the moon and the eleven cochavim bowed down to me.
10 And he told it to his abba, and to his brothers: and his abba rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall your eema and I and your brothers indeed come to bow down to you to the earth?
11 And his brothers envied him; but his abba observed the saying.
שני (Sheni)
12 And his brothers went to feed their abba's flock in Shechem.
13 And Yisrael said to Yoseph, Do not your brothers feed the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them. And he said to him, Hinayni.
14 And he said to him, Please go and see whether things are well with your brothers, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the Valley of Hevron, and he came to Shechem.
15 And a certain man found Yoseph, as he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What are you looking for?
16 And he said, I seek my brothers: Please tell me where they feed their flocks.
17 And the man said, They have departed from here; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Yoseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.
18 And when they saw him far off, even before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.
19 And they said one to another, See, the dreamer is coming.
20 Come now, and let us kill him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast has devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
21 And Reuven heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
22 And Reuven said to them, Shed no dahm, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might remove him out of their hands, to deliver him to his abba again.
שלישי (Shlishi)
23 And it came to pass, when Yoseph came to his brothers, that they stripped Yoseph of his coat of many colors that was on him.
24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no mayim in it.
25 And they sat down to eat lechem: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, see, a company of Yishmaelites came from Gilad with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Mitzrayim.
26 And Yahudah said to his brothers, What profit is it if we kill our brother, and conceal his dahm?
27 Come, and let us sell him to the Yishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brothers were content.
28 Then there passed by Midyanite traders; and they drew and lifted up Yoseph out of the pit, and sold Yoseph to the Yishma’elym for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Yoseph into Mitzrayim.
29 And Reuven returned to the pit; and, see, Yoseph was not in the pit; and he tore his clothes.
30 And he returned to his brothers, and said, The child is not here; and I, where shall I go?
31 And they took Yoseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the dahm.
32 And they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their abba; and said, This have we found: and we don’t know whether it be your son's coat, or not.
33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has devoured him; Yoseph is without a doubt torn in pieces.
34 And Yaakov tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
35 And 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 to Sheol mourning my son. So his abba wept for him.
36 And the Midyanites sold him in Mitzrayim to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, and captain of the guard.
רביעי (Revi’i)
38
And it came to pass at that time that Yahudah departed from his brothers, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
2 And Yahudah saw there a daughter of a certain Kanaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in to her.
3 And she conceived, and bore a son; and he called his name Er.
4 And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she called his name Onan.
5 And she yet again conceived, and bore a son; and called his name Shelach: and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.
6 And Yahudah took a wife for Er his bachor, whose name was Tamar.
7 And Er, Yahudah's bachor, was wicked in the sight of YHWH; and YHWHkilled him.
8 And Yahudah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up zera for your brother.
9 And Onan knew that the zera should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give zera to his brother.
10 And the thing that he did displeased YHWH: So He killed him also.
11 Then said Yahudah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at your abba’s bayit, until Shelach my son is grown: for he said, Lest suppose he die also, as his brothers did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her abba’s bayit.
12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Yahudah’s wife died; and Yahudah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his chaver Hirah the Adullamite.
13 And it was told Tamar, saying, See your abba-in-law goes up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
14 And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open entrance, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelach was grown, and she was not given to him to be his wife.
15 When Yahudah saw her, he thought she was a harlot because she had covered her face.
16 And he turned to her by the way, and said, Please go get ready and let me come in to you; for he knew not that she was his daughter in law. – She said, What will you give me that you may come in to me?
17 And he said, I will send you a kid from the flock. And she said, Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?
18 And he said, What pledge shall I give you? And she said, Your signet, and your bracelets, and your staff that is in your hand. And he gave it her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him.
19 And she arose, and went away, and removed her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
20 And Yahudah sent the kid by the hand of his chaver the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.
21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the wayside? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.
22 And he returned to Yahudah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in that place.
23 And Yahudah said, Let her take them for herself, lest we be shamed: see, I sent this kid, and you have not found her.
24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Yahudah, saying, Tamar your daughter in law has played the harlot; and also, see, she is with child by whoredom. And Yahudah said, Bring her out, and let her be burned.
25 When she was brought out, she sent to her abba in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Please discern, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
26 And Yahudah acknowledged them, and said, She has been more tzadik than I; because that I gave her not to Shelach my son. And he knew her again no more.
27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that twins were in her womb.
28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took it and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This one came out first,
29 And it came to pass, he drew back his hand, so that his brother came out first: and she said, How have you broken out? This breach is upon you: therefore his name was called Peretz.
30 And afterward came out his brother, who had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zerach.
חמישי (Chamishi)
39
And Yoseph was brought down to Mitzrayim; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, a Mitzri, bought him from the hands of the Yishmaelites, who had brought him down there.
2 And YHWHwas with Yoseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the bayit of his master the Mitzri.
3 And his master saw that YHWHwas with him, and that YHWHmade all that he did to prosper in his hand.
4 And Yoseph found favor in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his bayit, and all that he had he put into Yoseph’s hand.
5 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his bayit, and over all that he had, that YHWHblessed the Mitzri’s bayit for Yoseph’s sake; and the bracha of YHWHwas upon all that he had in the bayit, and in the field.
6 And he left all that he had in Yoseph’s hand; and he knew not what he had, except the lechem that he did eat. And Yoseph was handsome in form and appearance.
ששי (Shishi)
7
And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Yoseph; and she said, Lie with me.
8 But he refused, and said to his master’s wife, See, my master does not know what is with me in the bayit, and he has committed all that he has to my hand;
9 There is none greater in this bayit than I; neither has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against Elohim?
10 And it came to pass, as she spoke to Yoseph day by day, that he listened not to her, to lie with her, or to be with her.
11 And it came to pass about this time, that Yoseph went into the bayit to do his business; and none of the men of the bayit were there with him.
12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled outside.
13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and had fled,
14 That she called to the men of her bayit, and spoke to them, saying, See, he has brought in an Ivri to us to mock us; he came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
15 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and went outside.
16 And she placed his garment by her, until his master came home.
17 And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Ivri eved, who you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me:
18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.
19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, After this manner did your eved to me; that his anger was lit.
20 And Yoseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the melech’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
21 But YHWHwas with Yoseph, and showed him rachamim, and gave him favor in the sight of the guard of the prison.
22 And the guardian of the prison committed to Yoseph’s hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatever they did there, it was his doing.
23 The guardian of the prison looked not at anything that was under his authority; because YHWHwas with him, and that which he did, YHWHmade it to prosper.
שביעי (Shavi’i)
40
And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the melech of Mitzrayim and his baker had offended their master the melech of Mitzrayim.
2 And Pharaoh was angry against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
3 And he put them in prison in the bayit of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where
Yoseph was bound.
4 And the captain of the guard charged Yoseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in prison.
5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the melech of Mitzrayim, who were bound in the prison.
6 And Yoseph came in to them in the morning, to check on them, and, see, they were sad.
7 And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the prison of his master’s bayit, saying, Why do you look so sad today?
8 And they said to him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Yoseph said to them, Do not interpretations belong to Elohim? Please tell them to me.
9 And the chief butler told his dream to Yoseph, and said to him, In my dream, see, a vine was before me;
10 And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot out; and the clusters of it brought out ripe grapes:
11 And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.
12 And Yoseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:
13 Within three days shall Pharaoh lift up your head, and restore you to your place: and you shall deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, like in the past when you were his butler.
14 But remember me when it shall be well with you, and show chesed, to me, and please make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this bayit:
15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Ivrim: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was tov, he said to Yoseph, I also was in my dream, and I had three white baskets on my head:
17 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked foods for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
18 And Yoseph answered and said, This is the interpretation of it: The three baskets are three days:
19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up your head from off of you, and shall hang you on an eytz; and the birds shall eat your flesh from off of you.
20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast to all his avadim: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his avadim.
21 And he restored the chief butler to his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:
22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Yoseph had interpreted to them.
23 Yet the chief butler did not remember Yoseph, but forgot him.