Genesis 37:4

Genesis chapter 37 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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.

King James Version · 1611

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.

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

v.3Now 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.

v.4This passage

v.5And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

1 John 2:11
But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.
1 John 3:12
not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
Genesis 4:5
but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
John 7:3
His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judæa, that thy disciples also may behold thy works which thou doest.
Genesis 37:18
And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
Genesis 27:41
And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.