Genesis 37:2-4

Contemporary English Version

² and this is the story of his family.

When Jacob's son Joseph was 17 years old, he took care of the sheep with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah.^[a] But he was always telling his father all sorts of bad things about his brothers.

³ Jacob loved Joseph more than he did any of his other sons, because Joseph was born when Jacob was very old. Jacob had even given Joseph a fancy coat^{[b] 4} which showed that Joseph was his favorite son, and so Joseph's brothers hated him and would not be friendly to him.