Genesis 37:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then his brethren saide to him, What, shalt thou reigne ouer vs, and rule vs? or shalt thou haue altogether dominion ouer vs? And they hated him so much the more, for his dreames, and for his wordes.

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  • Gen 37:4 : 4 So when his brethren sawe that their father loued him more then all his brethren, then they hated him, and could not speake peaceably vnto him.
  • Gen 49:26 : 26 The blessings of thy father shalbe stronger then the blessings of mine elders: vnto the ende of the hilles of the worlde they shall be on the head of Ioseph, and on the top of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
  • Exod 2:14 : 14 And hee answered, Who made thee a man of authoritie, and a iudge ouer vs? Thinkest thou to kill mee, as thou killedst the Egyptian? Then Moses feared and sayde, Certainly this thing is knowen.
  • 1 Sam 10:27 : 27 But the wicked men saide, Howe shall hee saue vs? So they despised him, and brought him no presents: but he held his tongue.
  • 1 Sam 17:28 : 28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake vnto the men, and Eliab was verie angrie with Dauid, and sayde, Why camest thou downe hither? and with whome hast thou left those fewe sheepe in the wildernesse? I knowe thy pride and the malice of thine heart, that thou art come downe to see the battell.
  • Ps 2:3-6 : 3 Let vs breake their bands, and cast their cordes from vs. 4 But he that dwelleth in the heauen, shall laugh: the Lord shall haue them in derision. 5 Then shall hee speake vnto them in his wrath, & vexe them in his sore displeasure, saying, 6 Euen I haue set my King vpon Zion mine holy mountaine.
  • Ps 118:22 : 22 The stone, which the builders refused, is the head of the corner.
  • Luke 19:14 : 14 Nowe his citizens hated him, and sent an ambassage after him, saying, We will not haue this man to reigne ouer vs.
  • Luke 20:17 : 17 And he beheld them, & said, What meaneth this then that is written, The stone that the builders refused, that is made the head of the corner?
  • Acts 4:27-28 : 27 For doutlesse, against thine holy Sonne Iesus, whome thou haddest anoynted, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel gathered themselues together, 28 To doe whatsoeuer thine hand, and thy counsell had determined before to be done.
  • Acts 7:35 : 35 This Moses whome they forsooke, saying, Who made thee a prince and a iudge? The same God sent for a prince, & a deliuerer by the hand of the Angel, which appeared to him in the bush.
  • Heb 10:29 : 29 Of howe much sorer punishment suppose ye shall hee be worthy, which treadeth vnder foote the Sonne of God, and counteth the blood of the Testament as an vnholy thing, wherewith he was sanctified, and doeth despite the Spirit of grace?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 37:3-7
    5 verses
    87%

    3Nowe Israel loued Ioseph more then all his sonnes, because he begate him in his old age, and he made him a coat of many colours.

    4So when his brethren sawe that their father loued him more then all his brethren, then they hated him, and could not speake peaceably vnto him.

    5And Ioseph dreamed a dreame, and told his brethren, who hated him so much the more.

    6For he saide vnto them, Heare, I pray you, this dreame which I haue dreamed.

    7Beholde nowe, wee were binding sheues in the middes of the field: and loe, my shefe arose and also stoode vpright, and behold, your sheues compassed rounde about, and did reuerence to my shefe.

  • Gen 37:9-12
    4 verses
    82%

    9Againe hee dreamed an other dreame, & tolde it his brethren, and saide, Behold, I haue had one dreame more, and beholde, the Sunne and the Moone & eleuen starres did reuerence to me.

    10Then he tolde it vnto his father and to his brethren, and his father rebuked him, and saide vnto him, What is this dreame, which thou hast dreamed? Shal I, and thy mother, & thy brethren come in deede & fall on the ground before thee?

    11And his brethren enuied him, but his father noted the saying.

    12Then his brethren went to keepe their fathers sheepe in Shechem.

  • Gen 37:16-20
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    78%

    16And he answered, I seeke my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they keepe sheepe.

    17And the man said, they are departed hece: for I heard them say, Let vs goe vnto Dothan. Then went Ioseph after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.

    18And when they sawe him a farre off, euen before he came at them, they conspired against him for to slay him.

    19For they sayd one to another, Behold, this dreamer commeth.

    20Come now therefore, and let vs slay him, and cast him into some pitte, and wee will say, A wicked beast hath deuoured him: then wee shall see, what will come of his dreames.

  • Gen 50:15
    73%

    15And when Iosephs brethren saw that their father was dead, they sayde, It may be that Ioseph will hate vs, and will pay vs againe all the euill, which we did vnto him.

  • Gen 37:27
    72%

    27Come and let vs sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our handes be vpon him: for he is our brother and our flesh: and his brethren obeyed.

  • Gen 42:6-9
    4 verses
    72%

    6Now Ioseph was gouerner of the land, who solde to all the people of the lande: then Iosephs brethren came, & bowed their face to the groud before him.

    7And when Ioseph sawe his brethren, hee knewe them, and made himselfe straunge toward them, and spake to them roughly, and saide vnto them, Whence come yee? Who answered, Out of the land of Canaan, to bye vitaile.

    8(Now Ioseph knewe his brethren, but they knew not him.

    9And Ioseph remembred the dreames, which he dreamed of them) and he sayde vnto them, Ye are spies, and are come to see the weaknesse of the land.

  • Gen 44:7
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    7And they answered him, Wherefore sayeth my lorde such wordes? God forbid that thy seruants should do such a thing.

  • Gen 50:18
    71%

    18Also his brethren came vnto him, and fell downe before his face, and sayde, Beholde, we be thy seruants.

  • Gen 37:23
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    23Now when Ioseph was come vnto his brethren, they stript Ioseph out of his coate, his particoloured coate that was vpon him.

  • Gen 44:15
    71%

    15Then Ioseph sayd vnto them, What acte is this, which ye haue done? know ye not that such a man as I, can deuine and prophecie?

  • Gen 27:40-41
    2 verses
    71%

    40And by thy sword shalt thou liue, and shalt be thy brothers seruant. But it shall come to passe, when thou shalt get the masterie, that thou shalt breake his yoke from thy necke.

    41Therefore Esau hated Iaakob, because of the blessing, wherewith his father blessed him; Esau thought in his minde, The dayes of mourning for my father will come shortly, then I will slay may brother Iaakob.

  • Gen 40:8
    70%

    8Who answered him, We haue dreamed, eche one a dreame, and there is none to interprete the same. Then Ioseph saide vnto them, Are not interpretations of God? Tell them me nowe.

  • Gen 43:6
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    6And Israel sayd, Wherefore delt ye so euill with me, as to tell the man, whether ye had yet a brother or no?

  • Gen 48:19
    70%

    19But his father refused, & sayd, I know well, my sonne, I know well: he shalbe also a people, and he shalbe great likewise: but his yonger brother shalbe greater then he, and his seede shall be full of nations.

  • 2 Sam 14:7
    69%

    7And beholde, the whole familie is risen against thine handmayde, and they sayde, Deliuer him that smote his brother, that we may kill him for the soule of his brother whome hee slewe, that we may destroy the heire also: so they shall quenche my sparkle which is left, and shall not leaue to mine husband neither name nor posteritie vpon the earth.

  • Isa 3:6
    69%

    6When euery one shall take holde of his brother of the house of his father, and say, Thou hast clothing: thou shalt bee our prince, and let this fall be vnder thine hand.

  • Gen 41:11
    69%

    11Then we dreamed a dreame in one night, both I, and he: we dreamed eche man according to the interpretation of his dreame.

  • 1 Chr 5:2
    69%

    2For Iudah preuailed aboue his brethren, and of him came the prince, but the birthright was Iosephs)