Genesis 37:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 37:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 37:2 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 37:2 — 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.”
— Genesis 37:2 (KJV)
Genesis 37:2 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 37:2
“Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;”
Shares key themes with Genesis 37:2: generations, joseph, years
“And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. pieces...: or, lambs”
Shares key themes with Genesis 37:2: jacob, joseph, sons
“And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 37:2: generations, old, sons
“All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 37:2: these, seventeen, old
“Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 37:2: joseph, old, flock
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