Parasha: Vayeshev · Aliyah: First (Chesed)

Genesis 37:1–37:11
ל"ז:א׳ וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב יַעֲקֹ֔ב בְּאֶ֖רֶץ מְגוּרֵ֣י אָבִ֑יו בְּאֶ֖רֶץ כְּנָֽעַן׃
37:1 Now Jacob was settled in the land where his father had sojourned, the land of Canaan.
37:1 And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan.
ל"ז:א׳ וִיתֵיב יַעֲקֹב בְּאַרְעָא תּוֹתָבוּת אֲבוּהִי בְּאַרְעָא דִּכְנָעַן:
ל"ז:ב׳ אֵ֣לֶּה ׀ תֹּלְד֣וֹת יַעֲקֹ֗ב יוֹסֵ֞ף בֶּן־שְׁבַֽע־עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה שָׁנָה֙ הָיָ֨ה רֹעֶ֤ה אֶת־אֶחָיו֙ בַּצֹּ֔אן וְה֣וּא נַ֗עַר אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י בִלְהָ֛ה וְאֶת־בְּנֵ֥י זִלְפָּ֖ה נְשֵׁ֣י אָבִ֑יו וַיָּבֵ֥א יוֹסֵ֛ף אֶת־דִּבָּתָ֥ם רָעָ֖ה אֶל־אֲבִיהֶֽם׃
37:2 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.
37:2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren, being still a lad even with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought evil report of them unto their father.
ל"ז:ב׳ אִלֵּין תּוּלְדַת יַעֲקֹב יוֹסֵף בַּר שְׁבַע עַסְרֵי שְׁנִין (כַּד) הֲוָה רָעֵי עִם אֲחוֹהִי בַּעֲנָא וְהוּא מְרַבֵּי עִם בְּנֵי בִלְהָה וְעִם בְּנֵי זִלְפָּה נְשֵׁי אֲבוּהִי וְאַיְתִי יוֹסֵף יָת דִּבְּהוֹן בִּישָׁא לְוַת אֲבוּהוֹן:
דבה. לְשׁוֹן דּוֹבֵב שִׂפְתֵי יְשֵׁנִים (שיר ז'):
ל"ז:ג׳ וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אָהַ֤ב אֶת־יוֹסֵף֙ מִכָּל־בָּנָ֔יו כִּֽי־בֶן־זְקֻנִ֥ים ה֖וּא ל֑וֹ וְעָ֥שָׂה ל֖וֹ כְּתֹ֥נֶת פַּסִּֽים׃
37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph best of all his sons, for he was the child of his old age; and he had made him an ornamented tunic.aOr “a coat of many colors”; meaning of Heb. uncertain.
37:3 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.
ל"ז:ג׳ וְיִשְׂרָאֵל רְחֵם יָת יוֹסֵף מִכָּל בְּנוֹהִי אֲרֵי בַר חַכִּים הוּא לֵיהּ וַעֲבַד לֵיהּ כִּתּוּנָא דְפַסֵּי:
ל"ז:ד׳ וַיִּרְא֣וּ אֶחָ֗יו כִּֽי־אֹת֞וֹ אָהַ֤ב אֲבִיהֶם֙ מִכָּל־אֶחָ֔יו וַֽיִּשְׂנְא֖וּ אֹת֑וֹ וְלֹ֥א יָכְל֖וּ דַּבְּר֥וֹ לְשָׁלֹֽם׃
37:4 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.
37:4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
ל"ז:ד׳ וַחֲזוֹ אֲחוֹהִי אֲרֵי יָתֵיהּ רְחֵם אֲבוּהוֹן מִכָּל אֲחוֹהִי וּסְנוֹ יָתֵיהּ וְלָא צָבָן לְמַלָּלָא עִמֵּיהּ לִשְׁלָם:
ל"ז:ה׳ וַיַּחֲלֹ֤ם יוֹסֵף֙ חֲל֔וֹם וַיַּגֵּ֖ד לְאֶחָ֑יו וַיּוֹסִ֥פוּ ע֖וֹד שְׂנֹ֥א אֹתֽוֹ׃
37:5 Once Joseph had a dream which he told to his brothers; and they hated him even more.
37:5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren; and they hated him yet the more.
ל"ז:ה׳ וַחֲלַם יוֹסֵף חֶלְמָא וְחַוִּי לַאֲחוֹהִי וְאוֹסִיפוּ עוֹד סְנוֹ יָתֵיהּ:
ל"ז:ו׳ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם שִׁמְעוּ־נָ֕א הַחֲל֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָלָֽמְתִּי׃
37:6 He said to them, “Hear this dream which I have dreamed:
37:6 And he said unto them: ‘Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
ל"ז:ו׳ וַאֲמַר לְהוֹן שְׁמָעוּ כְעַן חֶלְמָא הָדֵין דִּי חֲלֵמִית:
ל"ז:ז׳ וְ֠הִנֵּה אֲנַ֜חְנוּ מְאַלְּמִ֤ים אֲלֻמִּים֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֛ה קָ֥מָה אֲלֻמָּתִ֖י וְגַם־נִצָּ֑בָה וְהִנֵּ֤ה תְסֻבֶּ֙ינָה֙ אֲלֻמֹּ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וַתִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖יןָ לַאֲלֻמָּתִֽי׃
37:7 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.”
37:7 for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves came round about, and bowed down to my sheaf.’
ל"ז:ז׳ וְהָא אֲנַחְנָא מְאַסְּרִין אֱסָרָן בְּגוֹ חַקְלָא וְהָא קָמַת אֱסַרְתִּי וְאַף אִזְדְּקָפַת וְהָא מִסְתַּחֲרָן אֱסָרָתְכוֹן וְסָגְדָן לֶאֱסַרְתִּי:
ל"ז:ח׳ וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ לוֹ֙ אֶחָ֔יו הֲמָלֹ֤ךְ תִּמְלֹךְ֙ עָלֵ֔ינוּ אִם־מָשׁ֥וֹל תִּמְשֹׁ֖ל בָּ֑נוּ וַיּוֹסִ֤פוּ עוֹד֙ שְׂנֹ֣א אֹת֔וֹ עַל־חֲלֹמֹתָ֖יו וְעַל־דְּבָרָֽיו׃
37:8 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.
37:8 And 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.
ל"ז:ח׳ וַאֲמָרוּ לֵיהּ אֲחוֹהִי הֲמַלְכוּ אַתְּ מְדַמֵּי לְמִמְלַךְ עָלָנָא אוֹ שׁוּלְטָן אַתְּ סְבִיר לְמִשְׁלַט בָּנָא וְאוֹסִיפוּ עוֹד סְנוֹ יָתֵיהּ עַל חֶלְמוֹהִי וְעַל פִּתְגָּמוֹהִי:
ל"ז:ט׳ וַיַּחֲלֹ֥ם עוֹד֙ חֲל֣וֹם אַחֵ֔ר וַיְסַפֵּ֥ר אֹת֖וֹ לְאֶחָ֑יו וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּ֨ה חָלַ֤מְתִּֽי חֲלוֹם֙ ע֔וֹד וְהִנֵּ֧ה הַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁ וְהַיָּרֵ֗חַ וְאַחַ֤ד עָשָׂר֙ כּֽוֹכָבִ֔ים מִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֖ים לִֽי׃
37:9 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.”
37:9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said: ‘Behold, I have dreamed yet a dream: and, behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.’
ל"ז:ט׳ וַחֲלַם עוֹד חֶלְמָא אָחֲרָנָא וְאִשְׁתָּעֵי יָתֵיהּ לַאֲחוֹהִי וַאֲמַר הָא חֲלֵמִית חֶלְמָא עוֹד וְהָא שִׁמְשָׁא וְסִהֲרָא וְחַד עֲשַׂר כּוֹכְבַיָּא סָגְדָן לִי:
ל"ז:י׳ וַיְסַפֵּ֣ר אֶל־אָבִיו֮ וְאֶל־אֶחָיו֒ וַיִּגְעַר־בּ֣וֹ אָבִ֔יו וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֔וֹ מָ֛ה הַחֲל֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָלָ֑מְתָּ הֲב֣וֹא נָב֗וֹא אֲנִי֙ וְאִמְּךָ֣ וְאַחֶ֔יךָ לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֥ת לְךָ֖ אָֽרְצָה׃
37:10 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?”
37:10 And 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 to thee to the earth?’
ל"ז:י׳ וְאִשְׁתָּעֵי לַאֲבוּהִי וְלַאֲחוֹהִי וּנְזַף בֵּיהּ אֲבוּהִי וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ מָה חֶלְמָא הָדֵין דִּי חֲלֵמְתָּא הֲמֵיתָא נֵיתֵי אֲנָא וְאִמָּךְ וְאַחָיךְ לְמִסְגֻּד לָךְ עַל אַרְעָא:
ל"ז:י"א וַיְקַנְאוּ־ב֖וֹ אֶחָ֑יו וְאָבִ֖יו שָׁמַ֥ר אֶת־הַדָּבָֽר׃
37:11 So his brothers were wrought up at him, and his father kept the matter in mind.
37:11 And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying in mind. .
ל"ז:י"א וְקַנִּיאוּ בֵיהּ אֲחוֹהִי וַאֲבוּהִי נְטַר יָת פִּתְגָּמָא:

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