Genesis 37:4

2 This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.

3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.

5 Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

6 He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:

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ÅB
Og da hans brødre så at deres far hadde ham mere kjær enn alle hans brødre, hatet de ham og kunne ikke tale vennlig til ham.
OTB
Da hans brødre så at deres far elsket ham mer enn alle dem, hatet de ham og kunne ikke snakke vennlig til ham.
B1930
Og da hans brødre så at deres far hadde ham mere kjær enn alle hans brødre, hatet de ham og kunde ikke tale vennlig til ham.
BSB
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
KJV
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.
WEB
His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn’t speak peaceably to him.
ASV
And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren; and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
DARBY
And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, and they hated him, and could not greet him with friendliness.
BLB
And his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him and were not able speak to him peaceably.

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    If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

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  • 1 John 3:12

    Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.

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    But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

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  • Psalms 69:4

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  • 1 Samuel 17:28

    Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”

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