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Now Jacob lived in ^(a)the land ^[a]where his father had sojourned, in the land of Canaan.

These are the records of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, when ^(b)seventeen years of age, was pasturing the flock with his brothers while he was still a youth, along with ^(c)the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought back a ^(d)bad report about them to their father.

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was ^(e)the son of his old age; and he made him a ^[b](f)varicolored tunic.

His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers; and so they ^(g)hated him and could not speak to him ^[c]on friendly terms.