Genesis 37:2
This is the history of the generations of Jacob [Supplanter]. Joseph [May he add], being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah [Bashful] and Zilpah [Frailty], his father’s wives. Joseph [May he add] brought an evil report of them to their father.
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In Context
1Jacob [Supplanter] lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan [Humbled].
Cross References
Genesis 2:4This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created. On the day that Adonai God made earth and heaven,
Genesis 6:9This is the history of the generations of Noah [Rest]: Noah [Rest] was a upright man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah [Rest] walked with God.
Genesis 30:4She gave him Bilhah [Bashful] her servant as wife, and Jacob [Supplanter] went in to her.
Genesis 35:22While Israel [God prevails] lived in that land, Reuben [See, a son!] went and lay with Bilhah [Bashful], his father’s concubine, and Israel [God prevails] sh'ma ·heard obeyed· of it. Now the sons of Jacob [Supplanter] were twelve.
Genesis 42:8Joseph [May he add] recognized his brothers, but they didn’t recognize him.
John 7:7The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works 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 →