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Genesis 37:4

וַיִּרְאוּ אֶחָיו כִּֽי ־ אֹתוֹ אָהַב אֲבִיהֶם מִכָּל ־ אֶחָיו וַֽיִּשְׂנְאוּ אֹתוֹ וְלֹא יָכְלוּ דַּבְּרוֹ לְשָׁלֹֽם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

In Context

3וְיִשְׂרָאֵל אָהַב אֶת ־ יוֹסֵף מִכָּל ־ בָּנָיו כִּֽי ־ בֶן ־ זְקֻנִים הוּא לוֹ וְעָשָׂה לוֹ כְּתֹנֶת פַּסִּֽים ׃

5וַיַּחֲלֹם יוֹסֵף חֲלוֹם וַיַּגֵּד לְאֶחָיו וַיּוֹסִפוּ עוֹד שְׂנֹא אֹתֽוֹ ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 27:41וַיִּשְׂטֹם עֵשָׂו אֶֽת ־ יַעֲקֹב עַל ־ הַבְּרָכָה אֲשֶׁר בֵּרֲכוֹ אָבִיו וַיֹּאמֶר עֵשָׂו בְּלִבּוֹ יִקְרְבוּ יְמֵי אֵבֶל אָבִי וְאַֽהַרְגָה אֶת ־ יַעֲקֹב אָחִֽי ׃

Genesis 37:11וַיְקַנְאוּ ־ בוֹ אֶחָיו וְאָבִיו שָׁמַר אֶת ־ הַדָּבָֽר ׃

Genesis 49:23וַֽיְמָרֲרֻהוּ וָרֹבּוּ וַֽיִּשְׂטְמֻהוּ בַּעֲלֵי חִצִּֽים ׃

1 Samuel 17:28וַיִּשְׁמַע אֱלִיאָב אָחִיו הַגָּדוֹל בְּדַבְּרוֹ אֶל ־ הָאֲנָשִׁים וַיִּֽחַר ־ אַף אֱלִיאָב בְּדָוִד וַיֹּאמֶר ׀ לָמָּה ־ זֶּה יָרַדְתָּ וְעַל ־ מִי נָטַשְׁתָּ מְעַט הַצֹּאן הָהֵנָּה בַּמִּדְבָּר אֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי אֶת ־ זְדֹנְךָ וְאֵת רֹעַ לְבָבֶךָ כִּי לְמַעַן רְאוֹת הַמִּלְחָמָה יָרָֽדְתָּ ׃

Psalms 69:4יָגַעְתִּי בְקָרְאִי נִחַר גְּרוֹנִי כָּלוּ עֵינַי מְיַחֵל לֵאלֹהָֽי ׃

Matthew Henry on Genesis 37:2-5

The History of Joseph. ( b. c. 1729.) 1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. 2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. 4… Read the whole commentary →

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