1. And Jacob dwelt in the land where his father sojourned--in the land of Canaan.
2. 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.
3. And Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was son of his old age; and he made him a vest 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 greet him with friendliness.
5. And Joseph dreamed a dream, and 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 dreamt:
7. Behold, we were binding sheaves in the fields, and lo, my sheaf rose up, and remained standing; and behold, your sheaves came round about and bowed down to my sheaf.
8. And his brethren said to him, Wilt thou indeed be a king over us? wilt thou indeed rule over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams and for his words.