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Genesis 37:2

These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Now Jacob was living in the land where his father had made a place for himself, in the land of Canaan.

3Now the love which Israel had for Joseph was greater than his love for all his other children, because he got him when he was an old man: and he had a long coat made for him.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:4These are the generations of the heaven and the earth when they were made.

Genesis 6:9These are the generations of Noah. Noah was an upright man and without sin in his generation: he went in the ways of God.

Genesis 30:4So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.

Genesis 35:22Now while they were living in that country, Reuben had connection with Bilhah, his father's servant-woman: and Israel had news of it.

Genesis 42:8Now though Joseph saw that these were his brothers, they had no idea who he was.

John 7:7It is not possible for you to be hated by the world; but I am hated by it, because I give witness that what it does is evil.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 37:2-5

The History of Joseph. ( b. c. 1729.) 1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. 2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. 4… Read the whole commentary →

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