2. 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.
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. And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren; and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto 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 unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: