| “These” | אֵ֣לֶּה׀ | These or those | These |
| “are” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “the generations” | תֹּֽלְד֣וֹת | (plural only) descent, i.e., family; (figuratively) history | generations |
| “of Jacob.” | יַֽעֲקֹ֗ב | Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch | Jacob |
| “Joseph,” | יוֹסֵ֞ף | Joseph, the name of seven Israelites | Joseph |
| “being” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “seventeen” | עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה | Ten (only in combination), i.e., -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth | seventeen |
| “years” | שָׁנָה֙ | A year (as a revolution of time) | years |
| “old,” | בֶּן | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | old |
| “was” | הָיָ֨ה | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | was |
| “feeding” | רֹעֶ֤ה | 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) | feeding |
| “the flock” | בַּצֹּ֔אן | A collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men) | flock |
| “with” | אֶת | Properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc | with |
| “his brethren;” | אֶחָיו֙ | A brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like H0001]) | brethren |
| “and the lad” | נַ֗עַר | (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) | lad |
| “was” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “with” | אֶת | Properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc | with |
| “the sons” | בְּנֵ֥י | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | sons |
| “of Bilhah,” | בִלְהָ֛ה | Bilhah, the name of one of Jacob's concubines | Bilhah |
| “and with” | וְאֶת | Properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc | and with |
| “the sons” | בְּנֵ֥י | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | sons |
| “of Zilpah,” | זִלְפָּ֖ה | Zilpah, Leah's maid | Zilpah |
| “his father's” | אָבִ֑יו | Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application | fathers |
| “wives:” | נְשֵׁ֣י | A woman | wives |
| “and Joseph” | יוֹסֵ֛ף | Joseph, the name of seven Israelites | Joseph |
| “brought” | וַיָּבֵ֥א | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | brought |
| “unto” | אֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | unto |
| “his father” | אֲבִיהֶֽם׃ | Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application | father |
| “their” | אֶת | Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | their |
| “evil” | רָעָ֖ה | Bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) | evil |
| “report.” | דִּבָּתָ֥ם | Slander | report |