Genesis 37:4
And his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers. And they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
5And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him yet the more.
Cross References
Genesis 27:41And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.
Genesis 37:11And his brothers envied him, but his father kept the saying in mind.
Genesis 49:23The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and persecute him,
1 Samuel 17:28And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men. And Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why have thou come down? And with whom have thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and t
Psalms 69:4Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who would cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. That which I took not away I have to restore.
John 7:3His brothers therefore said to him, Depart from here, and go into Judea so that thy disciples also may see thy works that thou do.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 37:2-5
The History of Joseph. ( b. c. 1729.) 1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. 2 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. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. 4… Read the whole commentary →