Genesis 49:23
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and persecute him,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
In Context
22Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a fountain, his branches run over the wall.
Cross References
Genesis 37:4And his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers. And they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
Genesis 37:24and they took him, and cast him into the pit. And the pit was empty; there was no water in it.
Genesis 39:7And it came to pass, after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and she said, Lay with me.
Psalms 64:3who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
John 16:33These things I have spoken to you, so that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye have tribulation. But cheer up, I have overcome the world.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 49:23-28
22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: 23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: 24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) 25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings… Read the whole commentary →