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Genesis 37:2

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This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.

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Genesis 37:2 in other translations

These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and he was a lad with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought the evil report of them unto their father.

Genesis 37:2 · American Standard Version

Genesis 37:2 in context

  1. 1Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan.
  2. 2This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.
  3. 3Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a tunic of many colors.
  4. 4His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn’t speak peaceably to him.