Genesis 37:11

His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

10He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamt? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to the earth before you?”

12His brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.

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Cross References

Genesis 26:14He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.

1 Samuel 18:8Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him. He said, “They have credited David with ten thousands, and they have only credited me with thousands. What can he have more but the kingdom?”

Ecclesiastes 4:4Then I saw all the labour and achievement that is the envy of a man’s neighbour. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Isaiah 26:11LORD, your hand is lifted up, yet they don’t see; but they will see your zeal for the people and be disappointed. Yes, fire will consume your adversaries.

Matthew 27:18For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.

Luke 2:19But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.

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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