Verse List for GEN 37:2

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OET (OET-RV) This is the record of his descendants:
¶  When Yosef (Joseph) was seventeen, he was shepherding the flocks with his brothers. He was younger than his brothers who were the sons of his father’s slave wives Bilhah and Zilpah. One day Yosef gave a tell-tale bad report about them to their father.

OET-LV These are_the _accounts _of Yaˊₐqoⱱ Yōşēf/(Joseph) was_a _son _of seven- teen year[s] he _was shepherding with brothers _of_his (in)_flock and_he was_a _youth with the _sons _of Bilhāh and_DOM the _sons _of Zilpah the _wives _of his/its_father and_ Yōşēf _he/it _brought DOM report _of_their bad to father _of_their.

ULT These, are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a son of seventeen years, was shepherding the flocks with his brothers, and he, was a young man with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and Joseph brought a bad report about them to their father.

UST Here is more of the record about Jacob and his family: One day his seventeen-year-old son Joseph was taking care of the family’s flocks of sheep and goats. Joseph was helping his brothers who were the sons of his father’s servant wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he told their father about the bad things they were doing.

BSB & MSB This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph [was] seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father ’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.

OEB Joseph at the age of seventeen was a shepherd with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s slave wives. He brought a bad report about them to their father.

WEBBE & WMBB This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.

NET This is the account of Jacob.
¶  Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, was taking care of the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.

LSV These [are] the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a son of seventeen years, has been enjoying himself with his brothers among the flock (and he [is] a youth), with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and Joseph brings in an account of their evil to their father.

FBV This is the story of Jacob and his family. Joseph was seventeen, and helped look after the flock with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph told his father about some of the bad things his brothers were doing.

T4T ◄This is/I will now tell you► what happened to Jacob’s family.
¶  When his son Joseph was 17 years old, he was taking care of the flocks of sheep and goats with some of his older brothers. They were sons of his father’s ◄concubines/female slaves that he had taken to be his secondary wives►. Joseph sometimes told his father about bad things that his brothers were doing.

LEB These are the generations[fn] of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was shepherding the flock with his brothers. Now he was a helper with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, the wives of his father. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to his father.

BBE These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.

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JPS These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren, being still a lad even with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph brought evil report of them unto their father.

ASV These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and he was a lad with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought the evil report of them unto their father.

DRA And these are his generations: Joseph, when he was sixteen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren, being but a boy: and he was with the sons of Bala and of Zelpha his father’s wives: and he accused his brethren to his father of a most wicked crime.

YLT These [are] births of Jacob: Joseph, a son of seventeen years, hath been enjoying himself with his brethren among the flock, (and he [is] a youth,) with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives, and Joseph bringeth in an account of their evil unto their father.

Drby These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, fed the flock with his brethren; and he was doing service with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought to his father an evil report of them.

RV These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and he was a lad with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought the evil report of them unto their father.
(These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren/brothers; and he was a lad with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought the evil report of them unto their father.)

SLT These the generations of Jacob: Joseph the son of seventeen years, was feeding the sheep with his brethren, and this youth with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph will bring their evil slander to their father.

Wbstr 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 to his father their evil report.

KJB-1769 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.
(These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren/brothers; 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.)

KJB-1611 These are the generations of Iacob: Ioseph being seuenteene yeeres old, was feeding the flocke with his brethren, and the lad was with the sonnes of Bilhah, and with the sonnes of Zilpah, his fathers wiues: and Ioseph brought vnto his father their euill report.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps These are ye generations of Iacob: when Ioseph was seuenteen yeres olde, he kept sheepe with his brethren, and the ladde was with ye sonnes of Bilha, and with the sonnes of Zilpha, his fathers wyues. And Ioseph brought vnto his father their euyll report.
(These are ye/you_all generations of Yacob: when Yoseph was seventeen years old, he kept sheep with his brethren/brothers, and the lad was with ye/you_all sons of Bilha, and with the sons of Zilpha, his fathers wives. And Yoseph brought unto his father their evil report.)

Gnva These are the generations of Iaakob, when Ioseph was seuenteene yeere olde: he kept sheepe with his brethren, and the childe was with the sonnes of Bilhah, and with the sonnes of Zilpah, his fathers wiues. And Ioseph brought vnto their father their euill saying.
(These are the generations of Yacob, when Yoseph was seventeen year old: he kept sheep with his brethren/brothers, and the child was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his fathers wives. And Yoseph brought unto their father their evil saying.)

Cvdl And these are ye generacios of Iacob. Ioseph was seuetene yeare olde, wha he became a keper of the catell wt his brethren, & the lad was wt the children of Bilha & Silpa his fathers wyues, and tolde their father of ye euell reporte yt was of the.
(And these are ye/you_all generations of Yacob. Yoseph was seventene year old, what he became a keeper of the cattle with his brethren/brothers, and the lad was with the children of Bilha and Silpa his fathers wives, and told their father of ye/you_all evil reporte it was of them.)

Wycl Joseph whanne he was of sixtene yeer, yit a child, kepte a flok with hise britheren, and was with the sones of Bala and Zelfa, wyues of his fadir; and he accuside his britheren at the fadir of `the worste synne.
(Yoseph when he was of sixteen year, yet a child, kept a flock with his brethren/brothers, and was with the sons of Bala and Zelfa, wives of his father; and he accuside his brethren/brothers at the father of the worst sin.)

Luth Und das sind die Geschlechter Jakobs: Joseph war siebenzehn Jahre alt, da er ein Hirte des Viehes ward mit seinen Brüdern; und der Knabe war bei den Kindern Bilhas und Silpas, seines Vaters Weiber, und brachte vor ihren Vater, wo ein bös Geschrei wider sie war.
(And the are the descendants Yakob’s: Yoseph what/which seventeen years old, there he a shepherd the cattle what/which with his brothers; and the/of_the boy/lad what/which at/in the children Bilhas and Silpas, his father women, and brought before/in_front_of your(pl) father, where a evil shouting(n) against they/she/them was.)

ClVg Et hæ sunt generationes ejus: Joseph cum sedecim esset annorum, pascebat gregem cum fratribus suis adhuc puer: et erat cum filiis Balæ et Zelphæ uxorum patris sui: accusavitque fratres suos apud patrem crimine pessimo.[fn]
(And these are generations his/her: Yoseph when/with sixteen was of_years, pascebat flock when/with brothers to_his_own still child: and was when/with to_the_children Balæ and Zelphæ wives of_the_father self: accusavitque brothers his_own at father crime very_bad/injure.)

UHB אֵ֣לֶּה ׀ תֹּלְד֣וֹת יַעֲקֹ֗ב יוֹסֵ֞ף בֶּן־שְׁבַֽע־עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה שָׁנָה֙ הָיָ֨ה רֹעֶ֤ה אֶת־אֶחָי⁠ו֙ בַּ⁠צֹּ֔אן וְ⁠ה֣וּא נַ֗עַר אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י בִלְהָ֛ה וְ⁠אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י זִלְפָּ֖ה נְשֵׁ֣י אָבִ֑י⁠ו וַ⁠יָּבֵ֥א יוֹסֵ֛ף אֶת־דִּבָּתָ֥⁠ם רָעָ֖ה אֶל־אֲבִי⁠הֶֽם׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἰωσὴφ δὲ δέκα καὶ ἑπτὰ ἐτῶν ἦν, ποιμαίνων τὰ πρόβατα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ, ὢν νέος, μετὰ τῶν υἱῶν Βαλλᾶς, καὶ μετὰ τῶν υἱῶν Ζελφᾶς, τῶν γυναικῶν τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ· κατήνεγκαν δὲ Ἰωσὴφ ψόγον πονηρὸν πρὸς Ἰσραὴλ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν.

BrTr And these are the generations of Jacob. And Joseph was seventeen years old, feeding the sheep of his father with his brethren, being young; with the sons of Balla, and with the sons of Zelpha, the wives of his father; [fn]and Joseph brought to Israel their father their evil reproach.