Genesis 37:4

4 When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.

Genesis 37:4 in Other Translations

KJV
4 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.
ESV
4 But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully to him.
NLT
4 But his brothers hated Joseph because their father loved him more than the rest of them. They couldn’t say a kind word to him.
MSG
4 When his brothers realized that their father loved him more than them, they grew to hate him - they wouldn't even speak to him.
CSB
4 When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not bring themselves to speak peaceably to him.

Genesis 37:4 In-Context

2 This is the account of Jacob’s family line. Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate robe for him.
4 When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
5 Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.
6 He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:

Cross References 1

  • 1. S ver 24; S Genesis 27:41; Genesis 49:22-23; Acts 7:9
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