Genesis 37:2

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.

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  • Gen 35:25-26 : 25 And sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid-servant: Dan and Naphtali. 26 And sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant: Gad and Asher. These `are' sons of Jacob, who have been born to him in Padan-Aram.
  • 1 Sam 2:22-24 : 22 And Eli `is' very old, and hath heard all that his sons do to all Israel, and how that they lie with the women who are assembling `at' the opening of the tent of meeting, 23 and he saith to them, `Why do ye things like these? for I am hearing of your evil words from all the people -- these! 24 Nay, my sons; for the report which I am hearing is not good causing the people of Jehovah to transgress. --
  • 1 Cor 11:18 : 18 for first, indeed, ye coming together in an assembly, I hear of divisions being among you, and partly I believe `it',
  • John 7:7 : 7 the world is not able to hate you, but me it doth hate, because I testify concerning it that its works are evil.
  • 1 Cor 1:11 : 11 for it was signified to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe, that contentions are among you;
  • 1 Cor 5:1 : 1 Whoredom is actually heard of among you, and such whoredom as is not even named among the nations -- as that one hath the wife of the father! --
  • Gen 2:4 : 4 These `are' births of the heavens and of the earth in their being prepared, in the day of Jehovah God's making earth and heavens;
  • Gen 5:1 : 1 This `is' an account of the births of Adam: In the day of God's preparing man, in the likeness of God He hath made him;
  • Gen 6:9 : 9 These `are' births of Noah: Noah `is' a righteous man; perfect he hath been among his generations; with God hath Noah walked habitually.
  • Gen 10:1 : 1 And these `are' births of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and born to them are sons after the deluge.
  • Gen 30:4 : 4 and she giveth to him Bilhah her maid-servant for a wife, and Jacob goeth in unto her;
  • Gen 30:9 : 9 And Leah seeth that she hath ceased from bearing, and she taketh Zilpah her maid-servant, and giveth her to Jacob for a wife;
  • Gen 35:22 : 22 and it cometh to pass in Israel's dwelling in that land, that Reuben goeth, and lieth with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heareth.

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  • Gen 37:3-6
    4 verses
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    3 And Israel hath loved Joseph more than any of his sons, for he `is' a son of his old age, and hath made for him a long coat;

    4 and his brethren see that their father hath loved him more than any of his brethren, and they hate him, and have not been able to speak `to' him peaceably.

    5 And Joseph dreameth a dream, and declareth to his brethren, and they add still more to hate him.

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

  • Gen 37:10-12
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    10 And he recounteth unto his father, and unto his brethren; and his father pusheth against him, and saith to him, `What `is' this dream which thou hast dreamt? do we certainly come -- I, and thy mother, and thy brethren -- to bow ourselves to thee, to the earth?'

    11 and his brethren are zealous against him, and his father hath watched the matter.

    12 And his brethren go to feed the flock of their father in Shechem,

  • 1 And Jacob dwelleth in the land of his father's sojournings -- in the land of Canaan.

  • 46 And Joseph `is' a son of thirty years in his standing before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and Joseph goeth out from the presence of Pharaoh, and passeth over through all the land of Egypt;

  • 5 And all the persons coming out of the thigh of Jacob are seventy persons; as to Joseph, he was in Egypt.

  • 23 And it cometh to pass, when Joseph hath come unto his brethren, that they strip Joseph of his coat, the long coat which `is' upon him,

  • Gen 37:31-32
    2 verses
    73%

    31 And they take the coat of Joseph, and slaughter a kid of the goats, and dip the coat in the blood,

    32 and send the long coat, and they bring `it' in unto their father, and say, `This have we found; discern, we pray thee, whether it `is' thy son's coat or not?'

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

  • Gen 37:16-18
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    16 and he saith, `My brethren I am seeking, declare to me, I pray thee, where they are feeding?'

    17 And the man saith, `They have journeyed from this, for I have heard some saying, Let us go to Dothan,' and Joseph goeth after his brethren, and findeth them in Dothan.

    18 And they see him from afar, even before he draweth near unto them, and they conspire against him to put him to death.

  • 13 and they say, `Thy servants `are' twelve brethren; we `are' sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and lo, the young one `is' with our father to-day, and the one is not.'

  • Acts 7:13-14
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    13 and at the second time was Joseph made known to his brethren, and Joseph's kindred became manifest to Pharaoh,

    14 and Joseph having sent, did call for his father Jacob, and all his kindred -- with seventy and five souls --

  • 28 and Jacob liveth in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the days of Jacob, the years of his life, are an hundred and forty and seven years.

  • 7 And Joseph bringeth in Jacob his father, and causeth him to stand before Pharaoh; and Jacob blesseth Pharaoh.

  • 36 And the Medanites have sold him unto Egypt, to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners.

  • 24 Sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

  • 29 And they come in unto Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting them, saying,

  • 12 and Joseph nourisheth his father, and his brethren, and all the house of his father `with' bread, according to the mouth of the infants.

  • 28 And Midianite merchantmen pass by and they draw out and bring up Joseph out of the pit, and sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silverlings, and they bring Joseph into Egypt.

  • 22 and it cometh to pass in Israel's dwelling in that land, that Reuben goeth, and lieth with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heareth.

  • 32 we `are' twelve brethren, sons of our father, the one is not, and the young one `is' to-day with our father in the land of Canaan.

  • 1 And it cometh to pass, after these things, that `one' saith to Joseph, `Lo, thy father is sick;' and he taketh his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim.

  • 9 and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God was with him,