Genesis 37:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

This is the story of Jacob’s family. Joseph was a young man, 17 years old. His job was to take care of the sheep and the goats. Joseph did this work with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah. (Bilhah and Zilpah were his father’s wives.) Joseph told his father about the bad things that his brothers did.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:18

First, I hear that when you meet together as a church you are divided. And this is not hard to believe

Genesis 35:22

Israel stayed there for a short time. While he was there, Reuben slept with Israel’s slave woman Bilhah. Israel heard about this, and he was very angry. These are the names of Jacob’s twelve sons:

1 Corinthians 5:1

I don’t want to believe what I am hearing—that there is sexual sin among you. And it is such a bad kind of sexual sin that even those who have never known God don’t allow it. People say that a man there has his father’s wife.

1 Corinthians 1:11

My brothers and sisters, some members of Chloe’s family told me that there are arguments among you.

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you. But the world hates me, because I tell the people in the world that they do evil things.

Genesis 30:9

Leah saw that she could have no more children. So she gave her slave girl Zilpah to Jacob.

Genesis 30:4

So Rachel gave Bilhah to her husband Jacob. He had sexual relations with Bilhah.

Genesis 10:1

This is the history of the families of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. They are Noah’s sons. These men had children after the flood.

Genesis 6:9

This is the history of Noah’s family. He was a good man all his life, and he always followed God.

Genesis 5:1

This is the history of Adam’s family. When God created people, he made them like himself.

Genesis 2:4

This is the story about the creation of the sky and the earth. This is what happened when the Lord God made the earth and the sky.

Genesis 41:46

Joseph was 30 years old when he began serving the king of Egypt. He traveled throughout the country of Egypt.

Genesis 42:8

Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not know who he was.

Genesis 45:6

This terrible famine has continued for two years now, and there will be five more years without planting or harvest.

Genesis 46:34

You tell him, ‘We are shepherds. All our lives we have been shepherds, and our ancestors were shepherds before us.’ Then Pharaoh will allow you to live in the land of Goshen. Egyptians don’t like shepherds, so it is better that you stay in Goshen.”