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:
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
- 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.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 27:41
Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
Read in context1 John 4:20
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.
Read in context1 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.
Read in context1 John 2:11
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.
Read in contextPsalms 69:4
Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
Read in contextGenesis 4:5
but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
Read in contextJohn 15:18–19
If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
Read in context1 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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