Genesis 37:1-6

1. 1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

2. 2 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.

3. 3 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.

4. 4 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.

5. 5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

6. 6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

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