Genesis 37:2
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.
KJV
Et hæ sunt generationes ejus : Joseph cum sedecim esset annorum, pascebat gregem cum fratribus suis adhuc puer : et erat cum filiis Balæ et Zelphæ uxorum patris sui : accusavitque fratres suos apud patrem crimine pessimo.
Vulgate
αὗται δὲ αἱ γενέσεις Ἰακώβ. Ἰωσὴφ δέκα ἑπτὰ ἐτῶν ἦν ποιμαίνων μετὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ τὰ πρόβατα, ὢν νέος, μετὰ τῶν υἱῶν Βάλλας καὶ μετὰ τῶν υἱῶν Ζέλφας τῶν γυναικῶν τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ· κατήνεγκαν δὲ Ἰωσὴφ ψόγον πονηρὸν πρὸς Ἰσραὴλ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν.
LXX
These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and he was a lad with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought the evil report of them unto their father.
ASV
אֵ֣לֶּה תֹּלְד֣וֹת יַעֲקֹ֗ב יוֹסֵ֞ף בֶּן שְׁבַֽע עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה שָׁנָה֙ הָיָ֨ה רֹעֶ֤ה אֶת אֶחָי/ו֙ בַּ/צֹּ֔אן וְ/ה֣וּא נַ֗עַר אֶת בְּנֵ֥י בִלְהָ֛ה וְ/אֶת בְּנֵ֥י זִלְפָּ֖ה נְשֵׁ֣י אָבִ֑י/ו וַ/יָּבֵ֥א יוֹסֵ֛ף אֶת דִּבָּתָ֥/ם רָעָ֖ה אֶל אֲבִי/הֶֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
24 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph dreamed a dream. The history of Joseph is one of the most beautiful in Scripture, exhibiting the wonderful providence of God in turning evil into good. Joseph is in many ways a type of Christ: hated by his brethren, sold for silver, condemned though innocent, exalted to supreme authority, and becoming the savior of those who had reject…
Covers Jacob and Esau, Joseph's rise in Egypt, the famine, Jacob's family settling in Goshen, the enslavement of Israel, the birth and early life of Moses, the ten plagues, and the Exodus from Egypt including the crossing of the Red Sea.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 1:11 — For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
- 1Cor 5:1 — It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.
- 1Cor 11:18 — For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
- 1Sam 2:22 — Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
- Gen 10:1 — Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
- Gen 30:4 — And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
- Gen 30:9 — When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
- Gen 30:24 — And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
- Gen 35:22 — And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
- Gen 35:25 — And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
- John 7:7 — The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.