Genesis 49:23
The archers have dealt bitterly with him, and shot at him, and hated him;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 fountain; its branches run over the wall.
Cross References
Genesis 37:4And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
Genesis 37:24and they took him, and cast him into the pit — and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
Genesis 39:7And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said: 'Lie with me.'
Psalms 64:3(64-4) Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a poisoned word;
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 →