Genesis 37:4
And his brethren seeing that he was loved by his father, more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Genesis 27:41Esau therefore always hated Jacob for the blessing wherewith his father had blessed him: and he said in his heart: The days will come of the mourning of my father, and I will kill my brother Jacob.
Genesis 37:11His brethren therefore envied him: but his father considered the thing with himself.
Genesis 49:23Joseph is a growing son, a growing son and comely to behold; the daughters run to and fro upon the wall.
1 Samuel 17:28Now when Eliab his eldest brother heard this, when he was speaking with others, he was angry with David, and said: Why earnest thou hither? and why didst thou leave those few sheep in the desert? I know thy pride, and the wickedness of thy heart: that thou art come down to see the battle.
Psalms 69:4I have laboured with crying; my jaws are become hoarse: my eyes have failed, whilst I hope in my God.
John 7:3And his brethren said to him: Pass from hence, and go into Judea; that thy disciples also may see thy works which thou dost.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 37:2-5
The History of Joseph. ( b. c. 1729.) 1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. 2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. 4… Read the whole commentary →