Verse 2

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 The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, were Dan and Naphtali. 26 The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant, were Gad and Asher.These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
  • 1 Sam 2:22-24 : 22 Eli was very old. And he would hear about everything that his sons used to do to all the people of Israel and how they used to go to bed with the women who were stationed at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 23 So he said to them,“Why do you do these things, these evil things which I hear about from all these people? 24 No, my sons! For the report that I hear circulating among the LORD’s people is not good.
  • 1 Cor 11:18 : 18 For in the first place, when you come together as a church I hear there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
  • John 7:7 : 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it that its deeds are evil.
  • 1 Cor 1:11 : 11 For members of Chloe’s household have made it clear to me, my brothers and sisters, that there are quarrels among you.
  • 1 Cor 5:1 : 1 Church Discipline It is actually reported that sexual immorality exists among you, the kind of immorality that is not permitted even among the Gentiles, so that someone is cohabiting with his father’s wife.
  • Gen 2:4 : 4 The Creation of Man and Woman This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created– when the LORD God made the earth and heavens.
  • Gen 5:1 : 1 From Adam to Noah This is the record of the family line of Adam.When God created humankind, he made them in the likeness of God.
  • Gen 6:9 : 9 The Judgment of the Flood This is the account of Noah. Noah was a godly man; he was blameless among his contemporaries. He walked with God.
  • Gen 10:1 : 1 The Table of Nations This is the account of Noah’s sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
  • Gen 30:4 : 4 So Rachel gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob slept with her.
  • Gen 30:9 : 9 When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
  • Gen 35:22 : 22 While Israel was living in that land, Reuben went to bed with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard about it.Jacob had twelve sons: