¶ And his brethren went to feed their father’s ^aflock^• in Shechem.

 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.

 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

 ¶ And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.

 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.

 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they ^aconspired against him to slay him.

 And they said one to another, Behold, this ^adreamer^• cometh.

 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

 And ^aReuben^• heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

 ¶ And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his ^acoat^•, his coat of many colours that was on him;

 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren ^awere^• content.

 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the ^aIshmeelites^• for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

 AND ^aElijah^• the Tishbite, who was ^bof^• the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor ^crain these years, but according to my ^dword^•.

 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and ^ahide^• thyself by the brook Cherith, that is ^bbefore^• Jordan.

 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel ^aslew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

 ¶ And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.

 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.

 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his ^aeyes^•, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and ^bchariots^• of fire round about Elisha.

 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with ^ablindness^•. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

 ¶ And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.

 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD ^aopened^• their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.

 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?

 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou ^asmite^• those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.