Genesis 37:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And when his brethren saw that their father loued hym more then all his brethren, they hated hym, and coulde not speake peaceably vnto hym.

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  • Gen 27:41 : 41 And Esau hated Iacob, because of the blessyng that his father blessed hym withall. And Esau sayde in his heart: The dayes of sorowyng for my father are at hande, then wyll I slaye my brother Iacob.
  • 1 John 4:20 : 20 If a man say, I loue God, & yet hate his brother, he is a lyer: For how can he yt loueth not his brother whom he hath seene, loue God who he hath not seene?
  • Gen 49:23 : 23 The archers haue greeuously prouoked hym, and shot him through with dartes, they haue hated him to his hinderaunce.
  • 1 John 3:12 : 12 Not as Cain, which was of that wicked, and slewe his brother: And wherfore slewe he hym? Because his owne workes were euyll, and his brothers good.
  • 1 Sam 17:28 : 28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake vnto the men, and Eliab was angrye with Dauid, & sayde: Why camest thou downe hyther? and with whom hast thou left those fewe sheepe in the wildernes: I know thy pride and the malice of thyne heart, that thou art come downe to see the battel.
  • Ps 38:19 : 19 But myne enemies lyuyng without payne are mightie: & they that hate me wrongfully are increased in number.
  • Ps 69:4 : 4 They that hate me without a cause are mo then the heeres of my head: they that are myne enemies and woulde destroy me giltlesse are mightie, I payde them the thynges that I neuer toke.
  • John 7:3-5 : 3 His brethren therfore sayde vnto him: Get thee hence, and go into Iurie, that thy disciples also may see thy workes that thou doest. 4 For there is no man that doeth any thyng in secrete, and he hym selfe seketh to be knowen openly. Yf thou do suche thynges, shewe thy selfe to the worlde. 5 For his brethren beleued not in hym.
  • John 15:18-19 : 18 Yf the worlde hate you, ye knowe that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If ye were of the worlde, the worlde would loue his owne: Howbeit, because ye are not of the worlde, but I haue chosen you out of the worlde: therfore the worlde hateth you.
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For we our selues also were some tyme foolyshe, disobedient, deceaued, seruyng diuers lustes & voluptuousnes, lyuyng in maliciousnesse and enuie, full of hate, hatyng one another.
  • 1 John 2:11 : 11 He that hateth his brother, is in darknesse, and walketh in darkenesse, & can not tell whyther he goeth, because that darkenesse hath blynded his eyes.
  • 1 John 3:10 : 10 In this are ye children of God knowe, and the chyldren of the deuyll: Whosoeuer doth not ryghteousnesse, is not of God, neither he that loueth not his brother.
  • Gen 4:5 : 5 But vnto Cain and to his offeryng he had no respect: for the whiche cause Cain was exceedyng wroth, and his countenaunce abated.
  • 1 Sam 16:12-13 : 12 And he sent, and brought him in: And he was ruddie, and of an excellet beawtie, and wel fauoured in sight. And the Lorde said, Aryse & annoynt him: For this is he. 13 Therefore Samuel toke the horne with the annoyntment, and annoynted him in the middes of his brethren. And the spirite of the Lorde came vpon Dauid from that daye forwarde: And Samuel rose vp, and went to Rama.
  • Gen 37:5 : 5 Moreouer, when Ioseph had dreamed a dreame, he tolde it his brethren, which hated hym yet the more.
  • Gen 37:11 : 11 And his brethren enuied hym: but his father noted the saying.
  • Gen 37:18-24 : 18 And when they sawe hym a farre of, before he came at them, they toke councell agaynst hym for to slea hym. 19 For one sayde to another: behold, this notable dreamer commeth. 20 Come nowe therefore and let vs slaye hym, and cast hym into some pit, and we wyll say, some naughtie beast hath deuoured hym: and we shall see what wyll come of his dreames. 21 When Ruben hearde that, he ryd hym out of their handes, and sayde: let vs not kyll hym. 22 And Ruben sayde moreouer vnto the: shed no blood but cast hym into this pit that is in the wyldernesse, and laye no hande vppon hym: this he sayde namely that he myght ryd hym out of their handes, and delyuer hym to his father agayne. 23 And when Ioseph was come vnto his brethren, they strypt hym out of his coate, his partie coloured coate that was vpon hym. 24 And they toke hym, and cast hym into an emptie pit, wherein was no water.

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  • Gen 37:5-6
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    5 Moreouer, when Ioseph had dreamed a dreame, he tolde it his brethren, which hated hym yet the more.

    6 And he said vnto them: Heare I pray you this dreame which I haue dreamed.

  • Gen 37:2-3
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    2 These are ye generations of Iacob: when Ioseph was seuenteen yeres olde, he kept sheepe with his brethren, and the ladde was with ye sonnes of Bilha, and with the sonnes of Zilpha, his fathers wyues. And Ioseph brought vnto his father their euyll report.

    3 But Israel loued Ioseph more then all his chyldren, because he begate hym in his olde age: and he made hym a coate of many colours.

  • Gen 37:8-12
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    8 To whom his brethren sayde: Shalt thou be a kyng in deede on vs? or shalt thou in deede haue dominion ouer vs? And they hated hym yet the more, because of his dreames and of his wordes.

    9 And he dreamed yet another dreame, and tolde it his brethren, saying: behold I haue had one dreame more, and beholde, the sunne, and the moone, & 11 starres made obeysaunce to me.

    10 And when he had tolde it to his father and his brethren, his father rebuked hym, and sayde vnto him: What is this dreame that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren in deede come to bowe to thee?

    11 And his brethren enuied hym: but his father noted the saying.

    12 His brethren also went to kepe his fathers cattell in Sichem.

  • Gen 37:17-20
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    17 And the man sayde, They are departed hence: for I haue hearde them say, let vs go vnto Dothan. Thus went Ioseph after his brethren, and founde them in Dothan.

    18 And when they sawe hym a farre of, before he came at them, they toke councell agaynst hym for to slea hym.

    19 For one sayde to another: behold, this notable dreamer commeth.

    20 Come nowe therefore and let vs slaye hym, and cast hym into some pit, and we wyll say, some naughtie beast hath deuoured hym: and we shall see what wyll come of his dreames.

  • Gen 50:15-17
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    15 And when Iosephes brethren sawe that their father was dead, they saide: Ioseph may peraduenture hate vs, & rewarde vs againe all the euyll whiche we dyd vnto hym.

    16 And they dyd sende a message vnto Ioseph, saying: Thy father dyd commaunde before he dyed, saying:

    17 This wyse shall ye say vnto Ioseph, Forgeue I pray thee the trespasse of thy brethren, and their sinne: for they rewarded thee euyll. And nowe we praye thee forgeue the trespasse of the seruauntes of the God of thy father. And Ioseph wept when they spake vnto hym.

  • 23 And when Ioseph was come vnto his brethren, they strypt hym out of his coate, his partie coloured coate that was vpon hym.

  • Gen 42:7-8
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    7 When Ioseph sawe his brethren, he knewe them, and made hym selfe straunge vnto them, & spake roughly vnto them, saying: Whence come ye? They aunswered, out of the lande of Chanaan to bye vitayle.

    8 And Ioseph knewe his brethren, but they knewe not him.

  • Gen 37:31-32
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    31 And they toke Iosephes coate, and kylled a kyd, and dipped the coate in the blood.

    32 And they sent that partie coloured coate, and caused it to be brought vnto their father, and sayde: This haue we founde, see whether it be thy sonnes coate, or no.

  • 41 And Esau hated Iacob, because of the blessyng that his father blessed hym withall. And Esau sayde in his heart: The dayes of sorowyng for my father are at hande, then wyll I slaye my brother Iacob.

  • 27 Come on, and let vs sell hym to the Ismaelites, and let not our hande be vpon him: for he is our brother and our fleshe. And his brethren were content.

  • Gen 45:15-16
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    15 Moreouer he kissed al his brethren, and wept vpon them: and after that, his brethren talked with him.

    16 And the fame thereof was hearde in Pharaos house, so that they sayde: Iosephes brethre are come. And it pleased Pharao well, and all his seruauntes.

  • Gen 45:3-4
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    3 And Ioseph sayde vnto his brethren: I am Ioseph, doth my father yet lyue? And his brethren could not aunswere him, they were so abashed at his presence.

    4 And Ioseph sayde vnto his brethren, come neare to me I pray you. And they came neare. And he said, I am Ioseph your brother who ye solde into Egypt.

  • 1 Ioseph coulde no longer refrayne before all the that stoode by hym, wherefore he cryed: cause euery man to auoyde. And there remayned no man with him, whyle Ioseph vttered hym selfe vnto his brethren.

  • 9 And the patriarkes moued with enuie, solde Ioseph into Egypt: and God was with hym,

  • 17 When Ioseph sawe that his father layed his ryght hande vpon the head of Ephraim, it displeased hym: and he lift vp his fathers hande, to haue remoued it from Ephraims head vnto Manasses head.

  • 36 And Iacob theyr father sayde vnto them: Me haue ye robbed of my children, Ioseph is away, and Simeon is away, & ye will take Beniamin away: all these thinges are agaynst me.

  • 5 And Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph: thy father & thy brethre are come vnto thee.

  • 23 They were not aware that Ioseph vnderstoode them: for he spake vnto them by an interpreter.

  • 6 And Israel sayd: wherefore dealt ye so cruelly with me, as to tell the man that ye had yet a brother?