2 These are the generationsa of Jacob. Joseph, when ⌊seventeen years old⌋,b was shepherding the flock with his brothers. Now he was a helper with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, the wives of his father. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, for he was a son of his old age. And he made a robe with long sleevesc for him. 4 When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and were not able to speak peaceably to him.

5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers. And ⌊they hated him even more⌋.d 6 And he said to them, “Listen now to this dream that I dreamed. 7 Now behold, we were binding sheaves in the midst of the field and, behold, my sheaf stood up and it remained standing. Then behold, your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to my sheaf.” 8 Then his brothers said to him, “Will you really reign over us? Or will you truly rule over us?” And ⌊they hated him even more⌋e on account of his dream and because of his words.