^37:5Yosef dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more. ^37:6He said to them, "Please hear this dream which I have dreamed: ^37:7for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf."

^37:8His brothers said to him, "Will you indeed reign over us? Or will you indeed have dominion over us?" They hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words. ^37:9He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, "Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me." ^37:10He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to you to the earth?" ^37:11His brothers envied him; but his father kept this saying in mind.

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Sheni [2nd]: ^37:12His brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shekhem. ^37:13Yisra'el said to Yosef, "Aren't your brothers feeding the flock in Shekhem? Come, and I will send you to them." He said to him, "Here I am."

^37:14He said to him, "Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again." So he sent him out of the valley of Chevron, and he came to Shekhem. ^37:15A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, "What are you looking for?"

^37:16He said, "I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock."

^37:17The man said, "They have left here, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dotan.'"

Yosef went after his brothers, and found them in Dotan. ^37:18They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him. ^37:19They said one to another, "Behold, this dreamer comes. ^37:20Come now therefore, and let's kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, 'An evil animal has devoured him.' We will see what will become of his dreams."

^37:21Re'uven heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, "Let's not take his life." ^37:22Re'uven said to them, "Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him"-- that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.

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Shlishi [3rd]: ^37:23It happened, when Yosef came to his brothers, that they stripped Yosef of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him; ^37:24and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.

^37:25They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Yishme`elim was coming from Gil`ad, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. ^37:26Yehudah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? ^37:27Come, and let's sell him to the Yishme`elim, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh." His brothers listened to him. <sup>37:28</sup>Midyanim who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Yosef out of the pit, and sold Yosef to the Yishme`elim for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Yosef into Egypt.

^37:29Re'uven returned to the pit; and saw that Yosef wasn't in the pit; and he tore his clothes. ^37:30He returned to his brothers, and said, "The child is no more; and I, where will I go?" ^37:31They took Yosef's coat, and killed a male goat, and dipped the coat in the blood. ^37:32They took the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, "We have found this. Examine it, now, whether it is your son's coat or not."

^37:33He recognized it, and said, "It is my son's coat. An evil animal has devoured him. Yosef is without doubt torn in pieces." ^37:34Ya`akov tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days. <sup>37:35</sup>All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted. He said, "For I will go down to She'ol to my son mourning." His father wept for him. <sup>37:36</sup>The Midyanim sold him into Egypt to Potifar, an officer of Par`oh's, the captain of the guard.

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R'vi'i [4th]: ^38:1It happened at that time, that Yehudah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain `Adullami, whose name was Chirah. <sup>38:2</sup>Yehudah saw there a daughter of a certain Kana`ani whose name was Shu`a. He took her, and went in to her. <sup>38:3</sup>She conceived, and bore a son; and he named him `Er. ^38:4She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan. ^38:5She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelach: and he was at Keziv, when she bore him. ^38:6Yehudah took a wife for `Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. <sup>38:7</sup>`Er, Yehudah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD. The LORD killed him. ^38:8Yehudah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her, and raise up seed to your brother." ^38:9Onan knew that the seed wouldn't be his; and it happened, when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother. ^38:10The thing which he did was evil in the sight of the LORD, and he killed him also. ^38:11Then Yehudah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow in your father's house, until Shelach, my son, is grown up;" for he said, "Lest he also die, like his brothers." Tamar went and lived in her father's house.

^38:12After many days, Shu`a's daughter, the wife of Yehudah, died. Yehudah was comforted, and went up to his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Chirah, the `Adullami. ^38:13It was told Tamar, saying, "Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep." ^38:14She took off of her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of `Enayim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelach was grown up, and she wasn't given to him as a wife. ^38:15When Yehudah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face. ^38:16He turned to her by the way, and said, "Please come, let me come in to you:" for he didn't know that she was his daughter-in-law.

She said, "What will you give me, that you may come in to me?"

^38:17He said, "I will send you a kid of the goats from the flock."

She said, "Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?"

^38:18He said, "What pledge will I give you?"

She said, "Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand."

He gave them to her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him. ^38:19She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. ^38:20Yehudah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend, the `Adullami, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand, but he didn't find her. <sup>38:21</sup>Then he asked the men of her place, saying, "Where is the prostitute, that was at `Enayim by the road?"

They said, "There has been no prostitute here."

^38:22He returned to Yehudah, and said, "I haven't found her; and also the men of the place said, 'There has been no prostitute here.'" ^38:23Yehudah said, "Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this kid, and you haven't found her."

^38:24It happened about three months later, that it was told Yehudah, saying, "Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute; and moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution."

Yehudah said, "Bring her forth, and let her be burnt." ^38:25When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, "By the man, whose these are, I am with child." She also said, "Please discern whose are these-- the signet, and the cords, and the staff."

^38:26Yehudah acknowledged them, and said, "She is more righteous than I, because I didn't give her to Shelach, my son."

He knew her again no more. ^38:27It happened in the time of her travail, that behold, twins were in her womb. ^38:28It happened, when she travailed, that one put out a hand: and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, "This came out first." ^38:29It happened, as he drew back his hand, that behold, his brother came out, and she said, "Why have you made a breach for yourself?" Therefore his name was called Peretz. ^38:30Afterward his brother came out, that had the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerach.

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Chamishi [5th]: ^39:1Yosef was brought down to Egypt. Potifar, an officer of Par`oh's, the captain of the guard, a Mitzrian, bought him from the hand of the Yishme`elim that had brought him down there. ^39:2The LORD was with Yosef, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master the Egyptian. ^39:3His master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did prosper in his hand. ^39:4Yosef found favor in his sight. He ministered to him, and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. ^39:5It happened from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Yosef's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was on all that he had, in the house and in the field. ^39:6He left all that he had in Yosef's hand. He didn't concern himself with anything, except for the food which he ate.

Yosef was well-built and handsome.

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Shishi [6th]: ^39:7It happened after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Yosef; and she said, "Lie with me."

^39:8But he refused, and said to his master's wife, "Behold, my master doesn't know what is with me in the house, and he has put all that he has into my hand. ^39:9He isn't greater in this house 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 G-d?"

^39:10It happened that as she spoke to Yosef day by day, that he didn't listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her. ^39:11It happened about this time, that he went into the house to do his work, and there were none of the men of the house inside. ^39:12She caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me!"

He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside. ^39:13It happened, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and had run outside, ^39:14that she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, "Behold, he has brought in a Hebrew to us to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice. ^39:15It happened, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and ran outside." ^39:16She laid up his garment by her, until his master came home. ^39:17She spoke to him according to these words, saying, "The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me, ^39:18and it happened, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and ran outside."

^39:19It happened, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, "This is what your servant did to me," that his wrath was kindled. ^39:20Yosef's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound, and he was there in custody. ^39:21But the LORD was with Yosef, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. ^39:22The keeper of the prison committed to Yosef's hand all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever they did there, he was the doer of it. ^39:23The keeper of the prison didn't look after anything that was under his hand, because the LORD was with him; and that which he did, the LORD made it prosper.

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Shvi'i [7th]: ^40:1It happened after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord, the king of Egypt. ^40:2Par`oh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker. <sup>40:3</sup>He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Yosef was bound. <sup>40:4</sup>The captain of the guard assigned them to Yosef, and he took care of them. They stayed in prison many days. <sup>40:5</sup>They both dreamed a dream, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison. <sup>40:6</sup>Yosef came in to them in the morning, and saw them, and saw that they were sad. <sup>40:7</sup>He asked Par`oh's officers who were with him in custody in his master's house, saying, "Why do you look so sad today?"

^40:8They said to him, "We have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it."

Yosef said to them, "Don't interpretations belong to G-d? Please tell it to me."

^40:9The chief cupbearer told his dream to Yosef, and said to him, "In my dream, behold, a vine was in front of me, ^40:10and in the vine were three branches. It was as though it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters of it brought forth ripe grapes. ^40:11Par`oh's cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Par`oh's cup, and I gave the cup into Par`oh's hand."

^40:12Yosef said to him, "This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days. ^40:13Within three more days, Par`oh will lift up your head, and restore you to your office. You will give Par`oh's cup into his hand, the way you did when you were his cupbearer. ^40:14But remember me when it will be well with you, and show kindness, please, to me, and make mention of me to Par`oh, and bring me out of this house. ^40:15For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon."

^40:16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Yosef, "I also was in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head. ^40:17In the uppermost basket there was all kinds of baked food for Par`oh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head."

^40:18Yosef answered, "This is the interpretation of it. The three baskets are three days. ^40:19Within three more days, Par`oh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you."

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^2:6Thus says the LORD:

 "For three transgressions of Yisra'el, yes, for four,
      I will not turn away its punishment;
      Because they have sold the righteous for silver,
      And the needy for a pair of shoes;
      ^2:7They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor,
      And deny justice to the oppressed;
      And a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;
      ^2:8And they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge;
      And in the house of their G-d they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

 ^2:9Yet I destroyed the Amori before them,
      Whose height was like the height of the cedars,
      And he was strong as the oaks;
      Yet I destroyed his fruit from above,
      and his roots from beneath.

 ^2:10Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt,
      And led you forty years in the wilderness,
      To possess the land of the Amori.

 ^2:11I raised up some of your sons for prophets,
      And some of your young men for Nazirim.

 Isn't this true,
      You children of Yisra'el?" says the LORD.

 ^2:12"But you gave the Nazirim wine to drink,
      And commanded the prophets, saying, 'Don't prophesy!'

 ^2:13Behold, I will crush you in your place,
      As a cart crushes that is full of grain.

 ^2:14Flight will perish from the swift;
      And the strong won't strengthen his force;
      Neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
      ^2:15Neither shall he stand who handles the bow;
      And he who is swift of foot won't escape;
      Neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself;

 ^2:16And he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked in that day,"
      says the LORD.

^3:1Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, children of Yisra'el, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:

 ^3:2"You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth.
      Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins."

 ^3:3Do two walk together,
      Unless they have agreed?

 ^3:4Will a lion roar in the thicket,
      When he has no prey?

 Does a young lion cry out of his den,
      If he has caught nothing?

 ^3:5Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth,
      Where no snare is set for him?

 Does a snare spring up from the ground,
      When there is nothing to catch?

 ^3:6Does the shofar alarm sound in a city,
      Without the people being afraid?

 Does evil happen to a city,
      And the LORD hasn't done it?

 ^3:7Surely the Lord G-d will do nothing,
      Unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

 ^3:8The lion has roared.
      Who will not fear?

 The Lord G-d has spoken.
      Who can but prophesy?

The Blessing of the B'rit Chadasha
Ba-rooch ah-ta Adonai, Eh-lo-hay-noo meh-lech ha-oh­lahm, ah-shehr na-tahn la-noo ma-she-ahch Yeshua, v’ha-deeb­rote shell Ha-breet Ha-cha-da-sha, ba-rooch ah-ta Adonai, no­tain Ha-breet Ha-cha-da-shah. Blessed are You, O Lord our G-d, King of the Universe, Who has given us Messiah Yeshua and the commandments of the New Covenant. Blessed are You, O Lord, Giver of the New Covenant.

^1:1The book of the generation of Yeshua the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Avraham. ^1:2Avraham became the father of Yitzchak. Yitzchak became the father of Ya`akov. Ya`akov became the father of Yehudah and his brothers. ^1:3Yehudah became the father of Peretz and Zerach by Tamar. Peretz became the father of Chetzron. Chetzron became the father of Ram. ^1:4Ram became the father of `Amminadav. `Amminadav became the father of Nachshon. Nachshon became the father of Salmon. ^1:5Salmon became the father of Bo`az by Rachav. Bo`az became the father of `Oved by Rut. `Oved became the father of Yishai. ^1:6Yishai became the father of David the king. David became the father of Shlomo by her who had been the wife of Uriyah. ^1:7Shlomo became the father of Rechav`am. Rechav`am became the father of Aviyah. Aviyah became the father of Asa. ^1:8Asa became the father of Yehoshafat. Yehoshafat became the father of Yoram. Yoram became the father of `Uzziyah. <sup>1:9</sup>`Uzziyah became the father of Yotam. Yotam became the father of Achaz. Achaz became the father of Chizkiyahu. ^1:10Chizkiyahu became the father of Menashsheh. Menashsheh became the father of Amon. Amon became the father of Yoshiyahu. ^1:11Yoshiyahu became the father of Yekhonyah and his brothers, at the time of the exile to Bavel. ^1:12After the exile to Bavel, Yekhonyah became the father of She'alti'el. She'alti'el became the father of Zerubbavel. ^1:13Zerubbavel became the father of Avichud. Avichud became the father of Elyakim. Elyakim became the father of Azur. ^1:14Azur became the father of Tzadok. Tzadok became the father of Yakhin. Yakhin became the father of Eliud. ^1:15Eliud became the father of El`azar. El`azar became the father of Mattan. Mattan became the father of Ya`akov. <sup>1:16</sup>Ya`akov became the father of Yosef, the husband of Miryam, from whom was born Yeshua, who is called Messiah. ^1:17So all the generations from Avraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the exile to Bavel fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Bavel to the Messiah, fourteen generations.

^1:18Now the birth of Yeshua the Messiah was like this; for after his mother, Miryam, was engaged to Yosef, before they came together, she was found pregnant by Ruach HaKodesh. ^1:19Yosef, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly. ^1:20But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Yosef, son of David, don't be afraid to take to yourself Miryam, your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of Ruach HaKodesh. ^1:21She shall bring forth a son. You shall call his name Yeshua, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins."

^1:22Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

 ^1:23"Behold, the virgin shall be with child,
      And shall bring forth a son.

 They shall call his name Immanu'el;"
      Which is, being interpreted, "God with us."

^1:24Yosef arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife to himself; ^1:25and didn't know her sexually until she had brought forth her firstborn son. He named him Yeshua.

The Blessing of the Messiah
Ba-rooch ah-ta Adonai Eh-lo-hay-noo, meh-lekh ha-oh-lahm, ah-sher keed-sha-noo beed-va-reh-kha v'na-tahn la-noo et Yeshua M'shee-khay-noo, v'tzee-va-noo l'he-oat oar la-oh-lahm. O-mein. Blessed are You, O Lord our G-d, King of the Universe, Who has sanctified us in Your Word, and given us us Yeshua, our Messiah, and commanded us to be a light to the world. Amen.

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