(א) וַיֵּשֶׁב יַעֲקֹב בְּאֶרֶץ מְגוּרֵי אָבִיו בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן.
(ב) 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.
(ג) וְיִשְׂרָאֵל אָהַב אֶת יוֹסֵף מִכָּל בָּנָיו כִּי בֶן זְקֻנִים הוּא לוֹ וְעָשָׂה לוֹ כְּתֹנֶת פַּסִּים.
(ד) וַיִּרְאוּ אֶחָיו כִּי אֹתוֹ אָהַב אֲבִיהֶם מִכָּל אֶחָיו וַיִּשְׂנְאוּ אֹתוֹ וְלֹא יָכְלוּ דַּבְּרוֹ לְשָׁלֹם.
(ה) וַיַּחֲלֹם יוֹסֵף חֲלוֹם וַיַּגֵּד לְאֶחָיו וַיּוֹסִפוּ עוֹד שְׂנֹא אֹתוֹ.
(ו) וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם שִׁמְעוּ נָא הַחֲלוֹם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר חָלָמְתִּי.
(ז) וְהִנֵּה אֲנַחְנוּ מְאַלְּמִים אֲלֻמִּים בְּתוֹךְ הַשָּׂדֶה וְהִנֵּה קָמָה אֲלֻמָּתִי וְגַם נִצָּבָה וְהִנֵּה תְסֻבֶּינָה אֲלֻמֹּתֵיכֶם וַתִּשְׁתַּחֲוֶיןָ לַאֲלֻמָּתִי.
(ח) וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ אֶחָיו הֲמָלֹךְ תִּמְלֹךְ עָלֵינוּ אִם מָשׁוֹל תִּמְשֹׁל בָּנוּ וַיּוֹסִפוּ עוֹד שְׂנֹא אֹתוֹ עַל חֲלֹמֹתָיו וְעַל דְּבָרָיו.
(ט) וַיַּחֲלֹם עוֹד חֲלוֹם אַחֵר וַיְסַפֵּר אֹתוֹ לְאֶחָיו וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה חָלַמְתִּי חֲלוֹם עוֹד וְהִנֵּה הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וְהַיָּרֵחַ וְאַחַד עָשָׂר כּוֹכָבִים מִשְׁתַּחֲוִים לִי.
(י) וַיְסַפֵּר אֶל אָבִיו וְאֶל אֶחָיו וַיִּגְעַר בּוֹ אָבִיו וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ מָה הַחֲלוֹם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר חָלָמְתָּ הֲבוֹא נָבוֹא אֲנִי וְאִמְּךָ וְאַחֶיךָ לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹת לְךָ אָרְצָה.
(יא) וַיְקַנְאוּ בוֹ אֶחָיו וְאָבִיו שָׁמַר אֶת הַדָּבָר.
(1) And Jacob dwelt/lived/stayed in the land of his father’s sojournings/homes, in the land of Canaan.
(2) These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers, and he was still a young man alongside the sons of Bilhah, and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought evil-report/gossip/cruel-words of them to their father.
(3) Now 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.
(4) And when his brothers saw that their father loved Joseph more than all of them, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
(5) And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and Joseph--they hated him even more.
(6) And he said to them: ‘Please listen to this dream which I have dreamed:
(7) here, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, suddenly, my sheaf got up, and also stood upright; and then your sheaves circled around it, and bowed down to my sheaf.’
(8) And his brothers said to him: ‘Will you rule over us like a ruler? Will you dictate to us like a dictator?’ And they hated him even more for his dreams, and for his words.
(9) And he dreamed another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said: ‘Here, I dreamed another dream: and, in this one, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.’
(10) And he told it to his father, and to his brothers; and his father rebuked/criticized/warned him, and said to him: ‘What is this dream that you have dreamed? How now will your mother and I, and your brothers too, come to bow down to you to the earth?’
(11) And his brothers envied him; and his father remembered/guarded/kept-in-mind the matter.