Genesis 37:2
This story is about Jacob's family. Jacob's other name was Israel. Joseph was born when Jacob was an old man and that is why Jacob loved Joseph more than his other sons. Jacob made Joseph a really special coat that had a lot of colours. When Joseph's brothers saw that their father loved Joseph more than he loved them, they hated Joseph, and never said anything good to him. When Joseph was 17 years old, he was out in the paddocks looking after his father's sheep with his brothers. These brothers were the sons from 2 of Jacob's wives, named Bilhah and Zilpah. Joseph went home and told Jacob that he did not like what his brothers were doing.
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In The King James Version
In Context
1Jacob lived in Canaan where his father Isaac had lived.
Cross References
Genesis 2:4This story is about what happened after the Lord God made the earth and the sky.
Genesis 6:9This is the story about Noah and his family. Noah was a good man. At that time, Noah was the only man on the earth that lived God's way and so God was really happy with him.
Genesis 30:4So Rachel gave Bilhah, her young working girl to Jacob to be another wife for him. Jacob slept with Bilhah and she gave Jacob a son.
Genesis 35:22While they were camped in that country, Jacob's eldest son Reuben slept with Bilhah like she was his wife. Bilhah was one of Jacob's 4 wives, and when Jacob heard what Reuben did, he was very upset. Jacob had 12 sons.
Genesis 42:8Joseph knew who they were, but they did not know that he was Joseph, their brother.
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 →