Genesis 37:1-4

Joseph’s Dreams

1 Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.
2 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 of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate[a] robe for him.
4 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.

Cross References 15

  • 1. S Genesis 17:8
  • 2. S Genesis 10:19
  • 3. S Genesis 2:4
  • 4. S Genesis 30:24
  • 5. Genesis 41:46; 2 Samuel 5:4
  • 6. Genesis 46:32; 1 Samuel 16:11; 1 Samuel 17:15; Psalms 78:71; Amos 7:15
  • 7. Genesis 35:25
  • 8. Genesis 35:26
  • 9. 1 Samuel 2:24
  • 10. S Genesis 17:5
  • 11. S Genesis 25:28
  • 12. Genesis 43:27; Genesis 44:20
  • 13. ver 23,31,32; 2 Samuel 13:18-19
  • 14. Genesis 43:34; Genesis 45:22; 1 Samuel 1:4-5; Esther 2:9
  • 15. S ver 24; S Genesis 27:41; Genesis 49:22-23; Acts 7:9

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verses 23 and 32.
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