Genesis 37:4 - The Scriptures 1998

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ But when his brothers saw that their father loved [Joseph] more than all of his brothers, they hated him and could not say, Peace [in friendly greeting] to him or speak peaceably to him.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ 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.

Common English Bible

⁴ When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of his brothers, they hated him and couldn’t even talk nicely to him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Then his brothers, seeing that he was loved by his father more than all his other sons, hated him, and they were not able to say anything peacefully to him.

Genesis 37:4 Cross References

Genesis 27:41

And Ě

Genesis 37:11

And his brothers envied him, but his father guarded the word.

Genesis 37:5

And Yosĕ

Genesis 4:5

but He did not look to Qayin and his offering. And Qayin was very wroth, and his face fell.

Genesis 49:23

“And the archers have bitterly grieved him, shot at him and hated him.

Psalm 38:19

But my enemies are alive; They have become strong; And those hating me falsely are many.

Psalm 69:4

Those who hate me without a cause Are more than the hairs of my head; They are mighty who would destroy me, My lying enemies; What I did not steal, I restored.

Jeremiah 12:6

“For even your brothers, the house of your father, even they have betrayed you, even they have cried aloud after you. Do not believe them, even though they speak smooth words to you.

Mark 3:25

“And if a house is divided against itself, that house is unable to stand.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, led astray, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in evil and envy, being hated and hating one another.

1 John 2:11

But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

1 John 3:10

In this the children of Elohim and the children of the devil are manifest: Everyone not doing righteousness is not of Elohim, neither the one not loving his brother.

1 John 3:12

not as Qayin who was of the wicked one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his works were wicked but those of his brother were righteous.

1 John 4:20

If someone says, “I love Elohim,” and hates his brother, he is a liar. For the one not loving his brother whom he has seen, how is he able to love Elohim whom he has not seen?

1 Samuel 17:28

And Eliyaḇ