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Genesis 37:2Gen.37.2

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.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Voici la postérité de Jacob. Joseph, âgé de dix-sept ans, faisait paître le troupeau avec ses frères; cet enfant était auprès des fils de Bilha et des fils de Zilpa, femmes de son père. Et Joseph rapportait à leur père leurs mauvais propos.

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.

Patristic reading

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  • Philo Judaeus

    Quod Deus Sit Immutabilis

    ελφῶν τὰ πρόβατα, ὢν νέος, μετὰ τῶν υἱῶν Βαλλᾶς καὶ μετὰ τῶν υἱῶν Ζελφᾶς τῶν γυναικῶν πατρὸς αὐτοῦ“ (Gen. 37, 2)· ὅταν γὰρ ὁ ἀσκητικὸς καὶ φιλομαθὴς οὗτος λόγος ἀπὸ 2 ἔλαιον M πολυαρχίαις UF δὲ] τὲ Α ὑποβάλλουσα Η 3 ἑαυτὴν UF ἡδὺ] εἰ δὲ Α 4 αἰῶνα] ἕνον text. Η (mg. αἰῶνα) et fort…

  • Philo Judaeus

    De Sobrietate

    τατον αἰεὶ λέγεσθαι· καὶ γάρ, ὅταν ἐπιστατῇ τῆς ποίμνης μετὰ τῶν νόθων ἀδελφῶν, νέος προσαγορεύεται (Gen. 37, 2), καὶ ὅταν εὔχηται ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῷ, φησίν· „υἱὸς ηὐξημένος νεώτατος πρὸς μὲ ἀνάστρεψον“ (Gen. 49, 22). οὗτος δέ ἐστιν ὁ τῆς περὶ τὸ σῶμα ἁπάσης ὑπέρμαχος δυνάμεως καὶ ὁ τῆ…

  • Philo Judaeus

    De Josepho

    ] ἄλλης G ἀνθρώπων om. Ο 13 καὶ om. A 14 ἀναγκαιότατον BKM: ἀναγκαιόταται ceteri 15 καὶ om. F 8 sqq. Gen. 37,2 sqq. 10 Hom. II. Α 263 al. οἰκειότατον ποιμενικὴ προάγων τις οὖσα ἐπιστασίας καὶ στρατηγίας. ἐνορῶν οὖν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῷ φρόνημα εὐγενὲς καὶ μεῖζον ἢ κατ’ ἰδιώτην ἐθαύμαζε κ…

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