1. Jacob lived in the land of Canaan, where his father Isaac had lived,
2. and this is the story of his family.When Jacob's son Joseph was seventeen years old, he took care of the sheep with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah. But he was always telling his father all sorts of bad things about his brothers.
3. Jacob loved Joseph more than he did any of his other sons, because Joseph was born after Jacob was very old. Jacob had given Joseph a fine coat
4. to show that he was his favourite son, and so Joseph's brothers hated him and would not be friendly to him.