Genesis 49:23
The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
In Context
22Joseph is a fruitful vine— a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.
Cross References
Genesis 37:4When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
Genesis 37:24and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
Genesis 39:7and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
Psalms 64:3who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
John 16:33I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; 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 →