Genesis 49:23
Joseph is a growing son, a growing son and comely to behold; the daughters run to and fro upon the wall.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
In Context
22Nephtali, a hart let loose, and giving words of beauty.
24But they that held darts provoked him, and quarrelled with him, and envied him.
Cross References
Genesis 37:4And his brethren seeing that he was loved by his father, more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
Genesis 37:24And cast him into an old pit, where there was no water.
Genesis 39:7h And after many days his mistress 'cast her eyes on Joseph, and said: Lie with me.
Psalms 64:3Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.
John 16:33These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have distress: but have confidence, 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 →