Genesis 37:4
When his brothers noticed that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and had nothing good to say about him.
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5Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.
Cross References
Genesis 27:41From then on Esau hated Jacob because of his father's blessing. Esau said to himself, “Soon the time will come when I'll mourn my father's death. Then I'll kill my brother Jacob!”
Genesis 37:11Joseph's brothers became jealous of him, but his father puzzled over the meaning of the dream.
Genesis 49:23The archers viciously attacked him; they shot their arrows at him with hate.
1 Samuel 17:28When David's oldest brother Eliab heard him talking with the men, he got angry with him. “What are you doing here?” he asked. “Whom have you left those few sheep with in the wilderness? I know how proud and wicked you are! You've just come to watch the battle!”
Psalms 69:4Those who hate me for no reason are more than the number of hairs on my head. Many enemies try to destroy me by telling lies. How can I give back what I didn't steal?
John 7:3his brothers told him, “You ought to leave and go to Judea so your followers will be able to see what miracles you can do.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 37:2-5
The History of Joseph. ( b. c. 1729.) 1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. 2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. 4… Read the whole commentary →