And a certayne man found him wandrynge out of his waye in the felde/ ãd axed him what he soughte. And he answered: I seke my brethren/ tell me I praye the where they kepe shepe And the man sayde/ they are departed hẽce/ for I herde them say/ let vs goo vnto Dothan. Thus went Ioseph after his brethren/ and founde them in Dothan.
And whẽ they sawe him a farr of before he came at them/ they toke councell agaynst him/ for to sley him/ and sayde one to another/ Beholde this dreamer cometh/ come now and let us sley him and cast him in to some pytt/ and let vs saye that some wiked beast hath deuoured him/ and let us see what his dreames wyll come to.
When Ruben herde that/ he wẽt aboute to ryd him out of their handes and sayde/ let vs not kyll him. And Ruben sayde moreouer vnto them/ shed not his bloude/ but cast him in to this pytt that is in the wildernes/ and laye no handes vpon him: for he wolde haue rydd him out of their handes and delyuered him to his father agayne.
And as soone as Ioseph was come vnto his brethren/ they strypte him out of his gay coote that was vpon him/ and they toke him and cast him in to a pytt: But the pytt was emptie and had no water therein. And they satt them doune to eate brede. And as they lyft vp their eyes and loked aboute/ there came a companye of Ismaelites from Gilead/ and their camels ladẽ with spicery/ baulme/ and myrre/ and were goynge doune in to Egipte.
Than sayde Iuda to his brethrẽ/ what avayleth it that we sley oure brother/ and kepe his bloude secrett? come on/ let us sell him to the Ismaelites/ and let not oure handes be defyled vpon him: for he is oure brother and oure flesh. And his brethren were content. Than as the Madianites marchaunt men passed by/ they drewe Ioseph out of the pytt and sold him vnto the Ismaelites for .xx. peces of syluer. And they brought him into Egipte.
And when Ruben came agayne vnto the pytt and founde not Ioseph there/ he rent his cloothes and went agayne vnto his brethern saynge: the lad is not yonder/ and whether shall I goo? And they toke Iosephs coote ãd kylled a goote/ & dypped the coote in the bloud. And they sent that gay coote ãd caused it to be brought vnto their father and sayd: This haue we founde: se/ whether it be thy sõnes coote or no. And he knewe it saynge: it is my sonnes coote a wicked beast hath deuoured him/ and Ioseph is rent in peces. And Iacob rent his cloothes/ ãd put sacke clothe aboute his loynes/ and sorowed for his sonne a longe season.
Than came all his sonnes ãd all his doughters to comforte him. And he wold not be comforted/ but sayde: I will go doune in to ye grave vnto my sonne/ mornynge. And thus his father wepte for him. And the Madianytes solde him in Egipte vnto Putiphar a lorde of Pharaos: and his chefe marshall.
¶ The .xxxviij. Chapter.
ANd it fortuned at that tyme that Iudas went from his brethren & gatt him to a man called Hira of Odollam/ and there he sawe the doughter of a man called Sua a Canaanyte. And he toke her ãd went in vnto her. And she conceaued and bare a sonne and called his name Er. And she conceaued agayne and bare a sonne and called him Onan. And she conceaued the thyrde tyme & bare a sonne/ whom she called Sela: & he was at Chesyb when she bare hem.