Genesis 49:23
And embitter him indeed, they have striven, || Indeed, archers hate him;
Literal Standard 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 son; A fruitful son by a fountain, || Daughters step over the wall;
Cross References
Genesis 37:4and his brothers see that their father has loved him more than any of his brothers, and they hate him, and have not been able to speak [to] him peaceably.
Genesis 37:24and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit [is] empty, there is no water in it.
Genesis 39:7And it comes to pass after these things, that his lord’s wife lifts up her eyes to Joseph and says, “Lie with me”;
Psalms 64:3Who sharpened their tongue as a sword, || They directed their arrow—a bitter word.
John 16:33these things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace, in the world you will have tribulation, but take courage—I have overcome 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 →