1. And Jacob dwelt in the land in which his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
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 to his father their evil report.
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 colors.
4. And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
5. And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
6. And he said to them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
7. For behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves stood around and made obeisance to my sheaf.