Genesis 49:23
The archers have provoked him, And shot at, and hated him;
Darby Translation
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 well; [His] branches shoot over the wall.
Cross References
Genesis 37:4And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, and they hated him, and could not greet him with friendliness.
Genesis 37:24and they took him and cast him into the pit; now 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 on Joseph, and said, Lie with me!
Psalms 64:3Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, [and] have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;
John 16:33These things have I spoken to you that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good courage: 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 →