Genesis 37:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.”
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“This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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 · Public Domain“These <FI>are<Fi> births of Jacob: Joseph, a son of seventeen years, hath been enjoying himself with his brethren among the flock, (and he <FI>is<Fi> 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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 37:2 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 2:4This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.
- Genesis 5:1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.
- Genesis 6:9This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
- Genesis 10:1This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.
- Genesis 30:4So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,
- Genesis 30:9When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
- Genesis 35:22While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
- Genesis 35:25The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
- Genesis 42:8Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
- 1 Samuel 2:22Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
- 1 Corinthians 1:11My brothers, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.
- 1 Corinthians 5:1It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.
- 1 Corinthians 11:18First of all, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
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