The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
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1 Ya'akov continued living in the land where his father had lived as a foreigner, the land of Kena'an.
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Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.
2 Here is the history of Ya'akov. When Yosef was seventeen years old he used to pasture the flock with his brothers, even though he was still a boy. Once when he was with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives, he brought a bad report about them to their father.
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This is the account of Jacob’s family line. Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
3 Now Isra'el loved Yosef the most of all his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a long-sleeved robe.
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Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate robe for him.
4 When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they began to hate him and reached the point where they couldn't even talk with him in a civil manner.
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When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
5 Yosef had a dream which he told his brothers, and that made them hate him all the more.
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Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.
6 He said to them, "Listen while I tell you about this dream of mine.
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He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:
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