Genesis 49:23

Your enemies hated you, and kept coming to fight you with spears.

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In The King James Version

The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

In Context

22And then Jacob spoke to his son Joseph. He said, “Joseph, you will be like a good tree that stands by a spring of water, and gives good shade and produces lots of fruit.

24They ran after you with their spears, but your hands didn't shake, so you were stronger than they were. You were strong because my God helped you to fight. My God is very powerful, and he has made me strong, and he has looked after me.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:4But the brothers saw that their father loved Joseph more than them, and so they hated Joseph. They didn't speak kindly to him any more.

Genesis 37:24Then they took him and threw him into the dry well.

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 →

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