# Genesis 37

## Verse Summary

NIV2011 verse same as 1984 | 29 | 80.56%
NIV2011 verse same as tNIV | 3 | 8.33%
NIV2011 rejected tNIV, reverted to NIV1984 |  | %
NIV2011 verse verse is new | 4 | 11.11%

## Word Summary

NIV2011 words same as 1984 | 252 | 93.51%
NIV2011 changed words | 18 | 6.49%
NIV2011 removed words | 17 |
NIV2011 added words | 18 |

## Changes

| Result | NIV1984 | tNIV(2005) | NIV2011
37:2 | tNIV | This is the account of Jacob. Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought their father a bad report about them. | This is the account of Jacob’s family line. Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought their father a bad report about them. | This is the account of Jacob’s family line. Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
37:3 | NIV2011 | Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made a richly ornamented robe for him. | Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made a richly ornamented robe for him. | Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made a richly ornamented an ornate robe for him.
37:22 | tNIV | “Don’t shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern here in the desert, but don’t lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father. | “Don’t shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern here in the desert wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father. | “Don’t shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern here in the desert wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father.
37:23 | NIV2011 | So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the richly ornamented robe he was wearing— | So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the richly ornamented robe he was wearing— | So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the richly ornamented ornate robe he was wearing—
37:24 | tNIV | and they took him and threw him into the cistern. Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it. | and they took him and threw him into the cistern. Now the The cistern was empty; there was no water in it. | and they took him and threw him into the cistern. Now the The cistern was empty; there was no water in it.
37:32 | NIV2011 | They took the ornamented robe back to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe.” | They took the ornamented robe back to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe.” | They took the ornamented ornate robe back to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe.”
37:35 | NIV2011 | All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said, “in mourning will I go down to the grave to my son.” So his father wept for him. | All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said, “in mourning will I go down to the grave to my son.” So his father wept for him. | All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said, “in mourning I will continue to mourn until I go down to join my son in the grave to my son.” So his father wept for him.