10. And he recounteth unto his father, and unto his brethren; and his father pusheth against him, and saith to him, `What [is] this dream which thou hast dreamt? do we certainly come- -I, and thy mother, and thy brethren--to bow ourselves to thee, to the earth?'
11. and his brethren are zealous against him, and his father hath watched the matter.
12. And his brethren go to feed the flock of their father in Shechem,
13. and Israel saith unto Joseph, `Are not thy brethren feeding in Shechem? come, and I send thee unto them;' and he saith to him, `Here [am] I;'
14. and he saith to him, `Go, I pray thee, see the peace of thy brethren, and the peace of the flock, and bring me back word;' and he sendeth him from the valley of Hebron, and he cometh to Shechem.
15. And a man findeth him, and lo, he is wandering in the field, and the man asketh him, saying, `What seekest thou?'
16. and he saith, `My brethren I am seeking, declare to me, I pray thee, where they are feeding?'
17. And the man saith, `They have journeyed from this, for I have heard some saying, Let us go to Dothan,' and Joseph goeth after his brethren, and findeth them in Dothan.
18. And they see him from afar, even before he draweth near unto them, and they conspire against him to put him to death.
19. And they say one unto another, `Lo, this man of the dreams cometh;
20. and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast hath devoured him; and we see what his dreams are.'
21. And Reuben heareth, and delivereth him out of their hand, and saith, `Let us not smite the life;'