Genesis 37:11

And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

In Context

10He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”

12Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.

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Cross References

Genesis 26:14He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.

1 Samuel 18:8And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”

Ecclesiastes 4:4I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Isaiah 26:11O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!

Matthew 27:18For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.

Luke 2:19But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered 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 →

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