Genesis 37:11
His brethren therefore envied him: but his father considered the thing with himself.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
In Context
12And when his brethren abode in Sichem feeding their father's docks,
Cross References
Genesis 26:14And he had possessions of sheep and of herds, and a very great family. Wherefore the Palestines envying him,
1 Samuel 18:8And Saul was exceeding angry, and this word was displeasing in his eyes, and he said: They have given David ten thousands, and to me they have given but a thousand; what can he have more but the kingdom?
Ecclesiastes 4:4Again I considered all the labours of men, and I remarked that their industries are exposed to the envy of their neighhour: so in this also there is vanity, and fruitless care.
Isaiah 26:11Lord, let thy hand be exalted, and let them not see: let the envious people see, and be confounded: and let fire devour thy enemies.
Matthew 27:18For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
Luke 2:19But Mary kept all these words, 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 →