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.”
And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
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.
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.
And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
Cross-References
“And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:”
“And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:”
“For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.”
“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.”
“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.”