Commentary on Genesis John Calvin (continued)
COMMENTARY ON GENESIS
28. Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
28. Et transierunt viri Madianitae mercatores, et extraxerunt et sustulerunt Joseph e cisterna: et vendiderunt Joseph Ismaelitis viginti argenteis, qui abduxerunt Ioseph in Aegyptum.
29. And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
29. Deinde reversus est Reuben ad cisternam, et ecce non erat Joseph in cisterna, et scidit vestimenta sua.
30. And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
30. Et reversus est ad fratres suos, et dixit, Puer non est, et ego quo, ego quo ibo?
31. And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
31. Et tulerunt tunicam Joseph, et jugulaverunt hircum caprarum, et tinxerunt tunicam in sanguine.
32. And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it
32. et miserunt tunicam multicolorem, et deferri fecerunt ad patrem suum, et dixerunt, Hanc invevenimus, agnosce nunc utrum tunica filii tui sit, annon. to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.
33. And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
33. Et agnovit eam, et dixit, Tunica filii mei est: bestia mala devoravit eum, rapiendo raptus est Ioseph.
34. And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
34. Et scidit Iahacob vestimenta sua, et posuit saccum in lumbis suis, et luxit super filio suo diebus multis.