Genesis 49:23

The ba'alei khitzim (archers) provoke him, 1 and shoot at him, and hate him; 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

In Context

22Yosef is a ben of a fruit-tree, 1 even ben of a fruit-tree near an ayin (spring, well); 1 its daughters (i.e., branches) run over the wall; 1

24But his keshet (bow) remained steady, 1 and the arms of his hands remain strong, 1 from the hands of the Avir Ya'akov, 1 from there, from the Ro'eh, Even Yisroel; 1

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Cross References

Genesis 37:4And when his achim saw that Avihem loved him more than all his achim, they hated him, and could not speak with shalom unto him.

Genesis 37:24And they took him, and threw him into the borah (pit); and the bor was empty, there was no mayim in it.

Genesis 39:7And it came to pass after these things, that eshet adonav cast her eyes upon Yosef; and she said, Lie with me.

Psalms 64:3Hide me from the sod (secret counsel, conspiracy) of the re'im; 1 from the rigshah (insurrection, noisy crowd, assembly) of the workers of iniquity; 1

John 16:33These things I have spoken to you that in me you may have shalom. In the Olam Hazeh you have tribulation; but have lev same'ach. I have conquered the Olam Hazeh.

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 →

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