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Genesis 37:4
And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
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Genesis 37:4 in other translations
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.
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn’t speak peaceably to him.
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In context
1 And Jacob dwelt in the land in which his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
2 These [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 to his father their evil report.
3 Now 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] colors.
4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told [it] to his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
6 And he said to them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
7 For behold, we [were] binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves stood around and made obeisance to my sheaf.
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