Genesis 37:4

Good News Translation

When his brothers saw that their father loved Joseph more than he loved them, they hated their brother so much that they would not speak to him in a friendly manner.

Cross References

Genesis 27:41

Esau hated Jacob, because his father had given Jacob the blessing. He thought, “The time to mourn my father's death is near; then I will kill Jacob.”

Genesis 37:11

Joseph's brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept thinking about the whole matter.

Genesis 37:5

One time Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.

Genesis 4:5

but he rejected Cain and his offering. Cain became furious, and he scowled in anger.

Genesis 49:23

His enemies attack him fiercely And pursue him with their bows and arrows.

Psalm 38:19

My enemies are healthy and strong; there are many who hate me for no reason.

Psalm 69:4

Those who hate me for no reason are more numerous than the hairs of my head. My enemies tell lies against me; they are strong and want to kill me. They made me give back things I did not steal.

Jeremiah 12:6

Even your relatives, members of your own family, have betrayed you; they join in the attacks against you. Do not trust them, even though they speak friendly words.”

Mark 3:25

If a family divides itself into groups which fight each other, that family will fall apart.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and wrong. We were slaves to passions and pleasures of all kinds. We spent our lives in malice and envy; others hated us and we hated them.

1 John 2:11

But if we hate others, we are in the darkness; we walk in it and do not know where we are going, because the darkness has made us blind.

1 John 3:10

Here is the clear difference between God's children and the Devil's children: those who do not do what is right or do not love others are not God's children.

1 John 3:12

We must not be like Cain; he belonged to the Evil One and murdered his own brother Abel. Why did Cain murder him? Because the things he himself did were wrong, and the things his brother did were right.

1 John 4:20

If we say we love God, but hate others, we are liars. For we cannot love God, whom we have not seen, if we do not love others, whom we have seen.

1 Samuel 17:28

Eliab, David's oldest brother, heard David talking to the men. He became angry with David and said, “What are you doing here? Who is taking care of those sheep of yours out there in the wilderness? You smart aleck, you! You just came to watch the fighting!”