Genesis 49:23
And the archers grieued him, and shotte against him and hated him.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 37:4So when his brethren sawe that their father loued him more then all his brethren, then they hated him, and could not speake peaceably vnto him.
Genesis 37:24And they tooke him, and cast him into a pit, and the pit was emptie, without water in it.
Genesis 39:7Nowe therefore after these thinges, his masters wife cast her eyes vpon Ioseph, and saide, Lye with me.
Psalms 64:3Which haue whette their tongue like a sword, and shot for their arrowes bitter wordes.
John 16:33These thinges haue I spoken vnto you, that in me ye might haue peace: in the world ye shall haue affliction, but be of good comfort: I haue ouercome 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 →