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Genesis 37:2

And these are the generations of Iacob: when Ioseph was.xvij. yere olde he kepte shepe with his brethren and the lad was with the sonnes of Bilha and of Zilpha his fathers wyues. And he brought vnto their father an euyll saynge yt was of them.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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

1And Iacob dwelt in the lande wherein his father was a straunger yt is to saye in the lande of Canaan.

3And Israel loued Ioseph more than all his childern because he begat hym in his olde age and he made him a coote of many coloures.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:4These are the generations of heaven and erth when they were created in the tyme when the LORde God created heaven and erth

Genesis 6:9These are the generatios of Noe. Noe was a righteous man and vncorrupte in his tyme and walked wyth god.

Genesis 30:4And she gaue him Bilha hir hadmayde to wife. And Iacob wet in vnto her

Genesis 35:22And it chaunced as Israel dwelt in that lande that Ruben went and laye with Bilha his fathers concubyne and it came to Israels eare. The sonnes of Iacob were.xij. in nombre.

Genesis 42:8Ioseph knewe his brethern but they knewe not him.

John 7:7The worlde canot hate you. Me it hateth: because I testify of it that the workes of it are evyll.

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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