Genesis 49:23
Against whom men taking evil counsel reproached him, 1 And the archers pressed hard upon him. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
In Context
22Joseph is a son increased; 1 My dearly loved son is increased; 1 My youngest son, 1 Turn to me. 1
Cross References
Genesis 37:4And his brethren having seen that his father loved him more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak anything peaceable to him.
Genesis 37:24And they took him and cast him into the pit; and the pit was empty, it had not water.
Genesis 39:7And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and said, Lie with me.
Psalms 64:3Hear my prayer; 1 To thee all flesh shall come. 1
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 →