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Genesis 37:4 KJV
Genesis · chapter 37 · verse 4 · 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.Genesis 37:4 · King James Version
Genesis 37:4 in context
2These 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.
3Now 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.
4And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
5And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
6And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
Key words (Strong's)
- brethrenʼâcha brother )H251 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- lovedʼâhabto have affection forH157 →
- hatedsânêʼto hateH8130 →
- speakdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- sawrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
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