Genesis 49:23
Against whom men taking evil counsel reproached him, and the archers pressed hard upon him.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
In Context
22Joseph is a son increased; my dearly loved son is increased; my youngest son, turn to me.
Cross References
Genesis 37:4And his brethren having seen that his father loved him more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak anything peaceable to him.
Genesis 37:24And they took him and cast him into the pit; and the pit was empty, it had not water.
Genesis 39:7And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and said, Lie with me.
Psalms 64:3Hear my prayer; to thee all flesh shall come.
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 →