Genesis 49:23

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The archers fiercely attacked him; they shot at him and pressed him hard.

Cross References

Genesis 37:18

They saw him from a distance, and before he came near to them they conspired to kill him.

Genesis 37:24

and they took him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.

Genesis 37:28

When some Midianite traders passed by, they drew Joseph up, lifting him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.

Genesis 37:4

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

Genesis 42:21

They said to one another, “Alas, we are paying the penalty for what we did to our brother; we saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this anguish has come upon us.”

Genesis 49:22

Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; his branches run over the wall.

Genesis 49:24

Yet his bow remained taut, and his arms were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

Psalm 118:13

I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but the Lord helped me.

Psalm 64:3

who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,

John 16:33

I have said this to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you face persecution, but take courage: I have conquered the world!”

Acts 14:22

There they strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, “It is through many persecutions that we must enter the kingdom of God.”