Genesis 37:11

And his brothers envied him; but his father kept the word.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

In Context

10And he described it to his father and to his brethren; and his father rebuked him and said to him, What dream is this that thou hast dreamed? Am I and thy mother and thy brothers to come and worship thee on the earth?

12And his brothers went to tend the flock of their father in Shekem.

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Cross References

Genesis 26:14And he had flocks of sheep, and herds of cattle, and many servants; and the Philistaee were envious of him.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 37:6-12

5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. 6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: 7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. 8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his… Read the whole commentary →

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