Genesis 37:11
And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
In Context
12And his brethren went to feed their father's flock at Shechem.
Cross References
Genesis 26:14And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great number of servants; and the Philistines envied him.
1 Samuel 18:8And Saul was very wroth, and that saying was evil in his sight; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed the thousands; and [what] is there more for him but the kingdom?
Ecclesiastes 4:4And I saw all labour, and all success of work, that it is man's jealousy of his neighbour. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
Isaiah 26:11Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, but they do not see: [yet] they shall see [thy] jealousy [for] the people, and be ashamed; yea, the fire which is for thine adversaries shall devour them.
Matthew 27:18For he knew that they had delivered him up through envy.
Luke 2:19But Mary kept all these things [in her mind], pondering [them] in her heart.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 37:6-12
5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. 6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: 7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. 8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his… Read the whole commentary →