37 2 Joseph accuseth his brethren. 5 He dreameth and is hated of his brethren. 28 They sell him to the Ishmaelites. 34 Jacob bewaileth Joseph.

Jacob now dwelt in the land, wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

These are the [a]generations of Jacob when Joseph was seventeen years old, he kept sheep with his brethren, and the child was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, And Joseph brought unto their father their evil [b][c]saying.

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he begat him in his old age and he made him a coat of many [d]colors.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 37:2 That is, the story of such things as came to him and his family, as Gen. 5:1.
  2. Genesis 37:2 Or, slander.
  3. Genesis 37:2 He complained of the evil words and injuries which they spake and did against him.
  4. Genesis 37:3 Or, pieces.

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