Genesis 37:2
Joseph at the age of seventeen was a shepherd with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s slave wives. He brought a bad report about them to their father.
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1Jacob made his home in the land of Canaan, where his father had lived as a resident foreigner.
Cross References
Genesis 2:4This is the story of the heavens and earth when they were created. At the time when the Lord God made earth and heaven,
Genesis 6:9This is the story of Noah. Among the people of his time, Noah was righteous and wholehearted; Noah walked with God.
Genesis 30:4So she gave him Bilhah her slave-girl for a wife, and Jacob slept with her.
Genesis 35:22While Israel was living in that land, Reuben went and lay with his father’s concubine Bilhah and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
Genesis 42:8So Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not know him.
John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it does hate me, because I testify that its ways are 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 →