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1 Jacob lived in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan.
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Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.
2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of 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 Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors.
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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 But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully to him.
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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 Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even 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, "Hear this dream that I have dreamed:
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He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:
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