Genesis 37:11
And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying in mind.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
In Context
12And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
Cross References
Genesis 26:14and he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household: and the Philistines envied him.
1 Samuel 18:8And Saul was very wroth, and this saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
Ecclesiastes 4:4Then I saw all labour and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Isaiah 26:11LORD, thy hand is lifted up, yet they see not: but they shall see thy zeal for the people, and be ashamed; yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries.
Matthew 27:18For he knew that for 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 →