What does Genesis 37:1-4 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
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.
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.a
And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.