Genesis 49:23
And embitter him — yea, they have striven, Yea, hate him do archers;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
In Context
22Joseph [is] a fruitful son; A fruitful son by a fountain, Daughters step over the wall;
Cross References
Genesis 37:4and his brethren see that their father hath loved him more than any of his brethren, and they hate him, and have not been able to speak [to] him peaceably.
Genesis 37:24and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit [is] empty, there is no water in it.
Genesis 39:7And it cometh to pass after these things, that his lord's wife lifteth up her eyes unto Joseph, and saith, 'Lie with me;'
Psalms 64:3Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow — a bitter word.
John 16:33these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage — I have overcome 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 →