Genesis 49:23
He was troubled by the archers; they sent out their arrows against him, cruelly wounding him:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
In Context
22Joseph is a young ox, whose steps are turned to the fountain;
Cross References
Genesis 37:4And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.
Genesis 37:24And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.
Genesis 39:7And after a time, his master's wife, looking on Joseph with desire, said to him, Be my lover.
Psalms 64:3\64:2\Keep me safe from the secret purpose of wrongdoers; from the band of the workers of evil;
John 16:33I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! 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 →