Genesis 37:2
Old Testament • 22 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דּוֹר
dôwr
properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
יַעֲקֹב
Yaʻăqôb
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
יוֹסֵף
Yôwçêph
Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
עָשָׂר
ʻâsâr
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
רָעָה
râʻâh
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frien...
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
נַעַר
naʻar
(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit...
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
בִּלְהָה
Bilhâh
Bilhah, the name of one of Jacob's concubines; also of a place in Palestine
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
יוֹסֵף
Yôwçêph
Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
Key Terms in This Verse
רָעָה râʻâh
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
Study H7462 →עָשָׂר ʻâsâr
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
Study H6240 →בִּלְהָה Bilhâh
Bilhah, the name of one of Jacob's concubines; also of a place in Palestine
Study H1090 →נַעַר naʻar
(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)
Study H5288 →צֹאן tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Study H6629 →דּוֹר dôwr
properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
Study H1755 →Cross References
For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.
For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
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