Genesis 37:2

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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  • Gen 35:25-26 : 25 and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid: Dan and Naphtali; 26 and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Paddan-aram.
  • 1 Sam 2:22-24 : 22 Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how that they lay with the women that did service at the door of the tent of meeting. 23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people. 24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make Jehovah's people to transgress.
  • 1 Cor 11:18 : 18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and I partly believe it.
  • John 7:7 : 7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
  • 1 Cor 1:11 : 11 For it hath been signified unto me concerning you, my brethren, by them [that are of the household] of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
  • 1 Cor 5:1 : 1 It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that one [of you] hath his father's wife.
  • Gen 2:4 : 4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven.
  • Gen 5:1 : 1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
  • Gen 6:9 : 9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, [and] perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God.
  • Gen 10:1 : 1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, [namely], of Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
  • Gen 30:4 : 4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
  • Gen 30:9 : 9 When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.
  • Gen 35:22 : 22 And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 37:3-6
    4 verses
    79%

    3Now 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 colors.

    4And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren; and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

    5And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

    6And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

  • Gen 37:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

    10And he told it to his father, and to his brethren; and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

    11And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying in mind.

    12And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

  • Gen 37:1
    77%

    1And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 41:46
    74%

    46And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 1:5
    74%

    5And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: and Joseph was in Egypt already.

  • Gen 37:23
    74%

    23And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;

  • Gen 37:31-32
    2 verses
    73%

    31And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a he-goat, and dipped the coat in the blood;

    32and they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, This have we found: know now whether it is thy son's coat or not.

  • Gen 46:19
    73%

    19The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.

  • Gen 37:16-18
    3 verses
    73%

    16And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they are feeding [the flock] .

    17And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.

    18And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

  • Gen 42:13
    73%

    13And they said, We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

  • Acts 7:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's race became manifest unto Pharaoh.

    14And Joseph sent, and called to him Jacob his father, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

  • Gen 47:28
    72%

    28And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred forty and seven years.

  • Gen 47:7
    72%

    7And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

  • Gen 37:36
    72%

    36And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.

  • Gen 35:24
    72%

    24the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;

  • Gen 42:29
    72%

    29And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen them, saying,

  • Gen 47:12
    72%

    12And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.

  • Gen 37:28
    72%

    28And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.

  • Gen 35:22
    72%

    22And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

  • Gen 42:32
    72%

    32we are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 48:1
    71%

    1And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

  • Acts 7:9
    71%

    9And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him,