Genesis 37:2

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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.

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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, which were born to him in Padanaram.
  • 1 Sam 2:22-24 : 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. 23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people. 24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to transgress.
  • 1 Cor 11:18 : 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.
  • John 7:7 : 7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
  • 1 Cor 1:11 : 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.
  • 1 Cor 5:1 : 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.
  • Gen 2:4 : 4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
  • 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 just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
  • Gen 10:1 : 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 : 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 bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
  • Gen 35:22 : 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:

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 colours.

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

    5And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it 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 observed the saying.

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

  • Gen 37:1
    77%

    1And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, 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: for Joseph was in Egypt already.

  • Gen 37:23
    74%

    23And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;

  • Gen 37:31-32
    2 verses
    73%

    31And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;

    32And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.

  • 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 seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.

    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 when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

  • Gen 42:13
    73%

    13And they said, 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 kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.

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

  • Gen 47:28
    72%

    28And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an 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, and 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 befell unto 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%

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

  • Gen 35:22
    72%

    22And 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 42:32
    72%

    32We be 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 told 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 envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,