Genesis 37:2-4

The Voice

² Here now is the story of Jacob and his family:

Joseph, when he was a young man of 17, often shepherded the flocks along with his brothers. One day as he was with Bilhah’s and Zilpah’s sons (his half-brothers), he decided to report back to their father about things they were doing wrong. ³ Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other children because he came along when he was an old man. So Israel presented Joseph with a special^[a] robe he had made for him—a spectacularly colorful robe with long sleeves in it. ⁴ But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than the rest, they grew to hate him and couldn’t find it in themselves to speak to him without resentment or argument.