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1. Mosebok 37,2

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1 Jakob bodde i landet hvor hans far hadde bodd som fremmed, i Kanaans land.

Dette er Jakobs slektshistorie. Josef, sytten år gammel, gjette småfeet sammen med sine brødre, sønnene til Bilha og Silpa, hans fars koner. Josef brakte en dårlig rapport om dem til deres far.

3 Israel elsket Josef mer enn alle sine andre sønner, fordi han var sønn av hans alderdom; og han laget en kjortel med mange farger til ham.

4 Da hans brødre så at deres far elsket ham mer enn alle dem, hatet de ham og kunne ikke snakke vennlig til ham.

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BSB
This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
KJV
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 unto his father their evil report.
WEB
This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.
ASV
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.
DARBY
These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, fed the flock with his brethren; and he was doing service with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought to his father an evil report of them.
BLB
These [are] the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a son of seven [and] ten years, was shepherding the flock with his brothers, and the boy was with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, wives of his father. And Joseph brought an evil report of them to his father.
ÅB
Dette er historien om Jakobs etterkommere. Da Josef var sytten år gammel, gjætte han buskapen sammen med sine brødre; ung som han var, fulgte han med sønnene til Bilha og Silpa, sin fars hustruer; alt det onde som ble sagt om dem, gikk han til deres far med.
OTB
Dette er Jakobs slektshistorie. Josef, sytten år gammel, gjette småfeet sammen med sine brødre, sønnene til Bilha og Silpa, hans fars koner. Josef brakte en dårlig rapport om dem til deres far.
B1930
Dette er historien om Jakobs ætt. Da Josef var sytten år gammel, gjætte han buskapen sammen med sine brødre; ung som han var, fulgte han med sønnene til Bilha og Silpa, sin fars hustruer; alt det onde som blev sagt om dem, gikk han til deres far med.

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