Genesis 49:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He was troubled by the archers; they sent out their arrows against him, cruelly wounding him:

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  • Gen 37:24 : 24 And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.
  • Gen 37:28 : 28 And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt.
  • Ps 64:3 : 3 Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;
  • Ps 118:13 : 13 I have been hard pushed by you, so that I might have a fall: but the Lord was my helper.
  • John 16:33 : 33 I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.
  • Gen 39:7-9 : 7 And after a time, his master's wife, looking on Joseph with desire, said to him, Be my lover. 8 But he would not, and said to her, You see that my master keeps no account of what I do in his house, and has put all his property in my control; 9 So that no one has more authority in this house than I have; he has kept nothing back from me but you, because you are his wife; how then may I do this great wrong, sinning against God? 10 And day after day she went on requesting Joseph to come to her and be her lover, but he would not give ear to her. 11 Now one day he went into the house to do his work; and not one of the men of the house was inside. 12 And pulling at his coat, she said, Come to my bed; but slipping out of his coat, he went running away. 13 And when she saw that he had got away, letting her keep his coat, 14 She sent for the men of her house and said to them, See, he has let a Hebrew come here and make sport of us; he came to my bed, and I gave a loud cry; 15 And hearing it he went running out without his coat. 16 And she kept his coat by her, till his master came back. 17 Then she gave him the same story, saying, The Hebrew servant whom you have taken into our house came in to make sport of me; 18 And when I gave a loud cry he went running out without his coat. 19 And hearing his wife's account of what his servant had done, he became very angry. 20 And Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, in the place where the king's prisoners were kept in chains, and he was there in the prison-house.
  • Gen 42:21 : 21 And they said to one another, Truly, we did wrong to our brother, for we saw his grief of mind, and we did not give ear to his prayers; that is why this trouble has come on us.
  • Gen 37:4 : 4 And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.
  • Gen 37:18 : 18 But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;

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  • Gen 49:22
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    22 Joseph is a young ox, whose steps are turned to the fountain;

  • Gen 49:24
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    24 But their bows were broken by a strong one, and the cords of their arms were cut by the Strength of Jacob, by the name of the Stone of Israel:

  • Lam 3:12-13
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    12 With his bow bent, he has made me the mark for his arrows.

    13 He has let loose his arrows into the inmost parts of my body.

  • Job 39:23
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    23 Is it through you that he is shaking like a locust, in the pride of his loud-sounding breath?

  • Gen 37:4-5
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    4 And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.

    5 Now Joseph had a dream, and he gave his brothers an account of it, which made their hate greater than ever.

  • Job 16:13
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    13 His bowmen come round about me; their arrows go through my body without mercy; my life is drained out on the earth.

  • Lam 2:4
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    4 His bow has been bent for the attack, he has taken his place with his hand ready, in his hate he has put to death all who were pleasing to the eye: on the tent of the daughter of Zion he has let loose his passion like fire.

  • Ps 69:26
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    26 Because they are cruel to him against whom your hand is turned; they make bitter the grief of him who is wounded by you.

  • Gen 49:26
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    26 Blessings of sons, old and young, to the father: blessings of the oldest mountains and the fruit of the eternal hills: let them come on the head of Joseph, on the crown of him who was separate from his brothers.

  • Gen 37:18
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    18 But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;

  • Gen 27:41
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    41 So Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.

  • Deut 33:11
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    11 Let your blessing, O Lord, be on his substance, may the work of his hands be pleasing to you: may those who take up arms against him and all who have hate for him, be wounded through the heart, never to be lifted up again.

  • Acts 7:9
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    9 And the brothers, moved with envy against Joseph, gave him to the Egyptians for money: but God was with him,

  • 2 Chr 35:23
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    23 And the bowmen sent their arrows at King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, Take me away, for I am badly wounded.

  • Gen 49:7-8
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    7 A curse on their passion for it was bitter; and on their wrath for it was cruel. I will let their heritage in Jacob be broken up, driving them from their places in Israel.

    8 To you, Judah, will your brothers give praise: your hand will be on the neck of your haters; your father's sons will go down to the earth before you.

  • Deut 32:23
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    23 I will send a rain of troubles on them, my arrows will be showered on them.

  • Ps 64:7
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    7 But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.

  • Isa 49:2
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    2 And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shade of his hand he has kept me; and he has made me like a polished arrow, keeping me in his secret place;

  • Gen 48:22
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    22 And I have given you more than your brothers, even Shechem as your heritage, which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.

  • Gen 37:8
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    8 And his brothers said to him, Are you to be our king? will you have authority over us? And because of his dream and his words, their hate for him became greater than ever.

  • Ps 7:13
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    13 He has made ready for him the instruments of death; he makes his arrows flames of fire.

  • Job 27:23
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    23 Men make signs of joy because of him, driving him from his place with sounds of hissing.

  • Ps 37:14
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    14 The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.

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    17 Now when Joseph saw that his father had put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it did not seem right to him; and lifting his father's hand he would have put it on the head of Manasseh.

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    41 All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.

  • Ps 89:23
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    23 I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows.

  • Ps 64:3
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    3 Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;

  • 1 Sam 31:3
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    3 And the fight was going badly for Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.