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1 Jacob lived in the land of Canaan, where his father had lived.
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Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.
2 This is the family history of Jacob: Joseph was a young man, seventeen years old. He and his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives, cared for the flocks. Joseph gave his father bad reports about his brothers.
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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 Since Joseph was born when his father Israeln was old, Israel loved him more than his other sons. He made Joseph a special robe with long sleeves.
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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 Joseph's brothers saw that their father loved him more than he loved them, they hated their brother and could not speak to him politely.
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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 One time Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, 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 Joseph said, "Listen to the dream I had.
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He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:
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