Genesis 37:11
Joseph's brothers became jealous of him, but his father puzzled over the meaning of the dream.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
In Context
12One day Joseph's brothers took their father's flocks to graze near Shechem.
Cross References
Genesis 26:14He owned many flocks of sheep and herds of cattle, as well as many slaves. He had so much that the Philistines became jealous of him.
1 Samuel 18:8What they were singing made Saul very angry as he didn't think it was right. He said to himself, “They've given David credit for killing tens of thousands, but only thousands to me. All that's left is to give him the kingdom!”
Ecclesiastes 4:4I observed that every skill in work comes from competition with others. Once again this is hard to understand, like trying to hold on to the elusive wind.
Isaiah 26:11Lord, you are holding your hand up, but they don't see it. Let them see your passionate commitment for your people, and be embarrassed; may the fire reserved for your enemies destroy them!
Matthew 27:18(He had realized it was because of jealousy that they had handed Jesus over to him to be tried.)
Luke 2:19But Mary was careful to remember all the things that had happened and often thought about them.
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 →