Genesis 37:2-4

Evangelical Heritage Version

² This is the account about the development of the family of Jacob:

When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers. He was just a boy compared to the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah. Joseph brought a bad report about them to their father. ³ Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his other sons, because he was the son born in his old age,^[a] and he made him a special robe.^{[b] 4} His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, so they hated him and could not speak to him in a friendly way.