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Genesis 37:4

World English Bible

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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Genesis 37:4 in other translations

And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren; and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

Genesis 37:4 · American Standard Version

Genesis 37:4 in context

  1. 2This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.
  2. 3Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a tunic of many colors.
  3. 4His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn’t speak peaceably to him.
  4. 5Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.
  5. 6He said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed: