Genesis 49:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

The archers have severely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him.

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  • Gen 37:24 : 24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
  • Gen 37:28 : 28 Then Midianite merchants passed by; and they drew and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
  • Ps 64:3 : 3 Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words.
  • Ps 118:13 : 13 You thrust hard at me that I might fall, but the LORD helped me.
  • John 16:33 : 33 I have spoken these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world, you will have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 Strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying that we must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.
  • Gen 39:7-9 : 7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. 8 But he refused, and said to his master's wife, Behold, my master does not concern himself with what is with me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my care; 9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither has he kept back anything from me except you, because you are his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? 10 And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he did not listen to her, to lie with her, or to be with her. 11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his work; and none of the men of the house was there inside. 12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and ran outside. 13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and had fled, 14 That she called the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, See, he has brought in a Hebrew to us to mock us; he came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice: 15 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and ran outside. 16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home. 17 And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me: 18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me, and fled outside. 19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, After this manner did your servant to me; that his anger was kindled. 20 And Joseph's master took him and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
  • Gen 42:21 : 21 And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he begged us, and we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon us.
  • Gen 37:4 : 4 And when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
  • Gen 37:18 : 18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 49:22
    76%

    22Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall.

  • Gen 49:24
    76%

    24But his bow remained in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel.)

  • Lam 3:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12He has bent His bow and set me as a target for the arrow.

    13He has caused the arrows of His quiver to pierce my innermost parts.

  • Job 39:23
    71%

    23The quiver rattles against it, the flashing spear and the javelin.

  • Gen 37:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4And when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.

    5And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers: and they hated him even more.

  • Job 16:13
    70%

    13His archers surround me, he cleaves my entrails asunder and does not spare; he pours out my gall upon the ground.

  • Lam 2:4
    70%

    4He has bent His bow like an enemy: He stood with His right hand as an adversary, and killed all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: He poured out His fury like fire.

  • Ps 69:26
    70%

    26For they persecute the one whom you have struck, and they talk to the grief of those whom you have wounded.

  • Gen 49:26
    70%

    26The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my ancestors to the utmost bounds of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.

  • Gen 37:18
    69%

    18And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.

  • Gen 27:41
    69%

    41And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.

  • Deut 33:11
    69%

    11Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: strike through the loins of those that rise against him, and of those that hate him, that they rise not again.

  • Acts 7:9
    69%

    9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt, but God was with him,

  • 2 Chr 35:23
    69%

    23And the archers shot at king Josiah, and the king said to his servants, 'Take me away, for I am severely wounded.'

  • Gen 49:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

    8Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise: your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father's children shall bow down before you.

  • Deut 32:23
    68%

    23I will heap disasters upon them; I will use up my arrows against them.

  • Ps 64:7
    68%

    7But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly they shall be wounded.

  • Isa 49:2
    68%

    2And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he has hidden me, and made me a polished arrow; in his quiver he has hidden me;

  • Gen 48:22
    68%

    22Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

  • Gen 37:8
    68%

    8And his brothers said to him, Shall you indeed reign over us? or shall you indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him even more for his dreams, and for his words.

  • Ps 7:13
    68%

    13He has also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordains his arrows against the persecutors.

  • Job 27:23
    68%

    23Men shall clap their hands at him and shall hiss him out of his place.

  • Ps 37:14
    67%

    14The wicked have drawn the sword and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay those who are of upright conduct.

  • Gen 48:17
    67%

    17And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.

  • Ps 89:41
    67%

    41All who pass by the way plunder him; he is a reproach to his neighbors.

  • Ps 89:23
    67%

    23And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague those who hate him.

  • Ps 64:3
    67%

    3Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words.

  • 1 Sam 31:3
    67%

    3The battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was critically wounded by the archers.