Genesis 49:23
And they embittered his life, and they shot at him, and they hated him, the men of the arrows.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
In Context
22Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; the branches of which run over the wall.
Cross References
Genesis 37:4And when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, 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 whet their tongue like a sword, who aim with their arrow, the bitter 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 →