Genesis 49:23
The archers viciously attacked him; they shot their arrows at him with hate.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
In Context
22Joseph is a fruitful tree, a fruitful tree beside a spring, whose branches climb over the wall.
Cross References
Genesis 37:4When his brothers noticed that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and had nothing good to say about him.
Genesis 37:24grabbed him and threw him into a pit. (The pit was empty—it didn't have any water in it.)
Genesis 39:7so some time later he caught the eye of his master's wife. She propositioned him, saying, “Come here! Sleep with me!”
Psalms 64:3What they say cuts like swords; they fire off poisonous words like arrows.
John 16:33I've told you all this so that you may have peace because you are one with me. You will suffer in this world, but be brave—I have defeated 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 →