Genesis 37:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought their evil report to their father.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    This is the account of Jacob: Joseph, a seventeen-year-old youth, was shepherding the flock with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought a bad report about them to their father.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    These are the nerations 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And these are the generations of Iacob: when Ioseph was.xvij. yere olde he kepte shepe with his brethren and the lad was with the sonnes of Bilha and of Zilpha his fathers wyues. And he brought vnto their father an euyll saynge yt was of them.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And these are ye generacios of Iacob. Ioseph was seuetene yeare olde, wha he became a keper of the catell wt his brethren, & the lad was wt the children of Bilha & Silpa his fathers wyues, and tolde their father of ye euell reporte yt was of the.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    These are the generations of Iaakob, when Ioseph was seuenteene yeere olde: he kept sheepe with his brethren, and the childe was with the sonnes of Bilhah, and with the sonnes of Zilpah, his fathers wiues; Ioseph brought vnto their father their euill saying.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    These are ye generations of Iacob: when Ioseph was seuenteen yeres olde, he kept sheepe with his brethren, and the ladde was with ye sonnes of Bilha, and with the sonnes of Zilpha, his fathers wyues. And Ioseph brought vnto his father their euyll report.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    These `are' births of Jacob: Joseph, a son of seventeen years, hath been enjoying himself with his brethren among the flock, (and he `is' a youth,) with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives, and Joseph bringeth in an account of their evil unto their father.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    This is the account of Jacob.Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, was taking care of the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 35:25-26 : 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid; Dan, and Naphtali: 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Padanaram.
  • 1 Sam 2:22-24 : 22 Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did to all Israel; and how they lay with the women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 23 And he said to them, Why do you such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all the people. 24 No, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear; you make the LORD's people transgress.
  • 1 Cor 11:18 : 18 For first of all, when you come together in the church, I hear that there are divisions among you, and I partly believe it.
  • John 7:7 : 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I testify of it that its works are evil.
  • 1 Cor 1:11 : 11 For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe's household, that there are contentions among you.
  • 1 Cor 5:1 : 1 It is commonly reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that a man has his father's wife.
  • Gen 2:4 : 4 These are the generations of the heavens and 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, He made him in the likeness of God;
  • Gen 6:9 : 9 This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. 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 She gave him Bilhah her maid as a wife, and Jacob went into her.
  • Gen 30:9 : 9 When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, she took Zilpah her maid and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
  • Gen 35:22 : 22 And it came to pass, when Israel lived 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)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 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 when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.

    5And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers: and they hated him even more.

    6And he said to them, Listen, I pray you, to this dream which I have dreamed:

  • Gen 37:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

    10And he told it to his father, and to his brothers: and his father rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow down ourselves to you to the earth?

    11And his brothers envied him; but his father observed the saying.

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

  • 1And Jacob lived in the land where his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

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

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

  • 23And it came to pass, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colors 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 colors, and they brought it to their father; and said, This we have found: know now whether it is your son's coat or not.

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

  • Gen 37:16-18
    3 verses
    73%

    16And he said, I seek my brothers: tell me, I pray you, where they feed their flocks.

    17And the man said, They have departed from here; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.

    18And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.

  • 13And they said, Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more.

  • Acts 7:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers; and Joseph's family was made known to Pharaoh.

    14Then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.

  • 28And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was one hundred forty-seven years.

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

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

  • 24The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:

  • 29And they came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them; saying,

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

  • 28Then Midianite merchants passed by; and they drew and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

  • 22And it came to pass, when Israel lived 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:

  • 32We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

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

  • 9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt, but God was with him,