Genesis 49:23

The Passion Translation

Persecutors fiercely attacked him; they pursued him with their bow and arrows.

Cross References

Genesis 37:18

As he was still a long distance away, the brothers recognized him by his robe, and by the time he reached them, they had plotted together to kill him.

Genesis 37:24

and threw him into the dry, empty pit.

Genesis 37:28

And when the Midianites (also known as Ishmaelites) came by, Joseph’s brothers lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver, and the merchants took Joseph far away to Egypt.

Genesis 37:4

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than he loved them, they hated him and would not speak a kind word to him.

Genesis 42:21

With Joseph standing there, they began to speak among themselves, saying, “Look what’s happened to us! We’re being punished for what we did to Joseph long ago. We heard his cries of anguish and saw the agony of his soul when he begged us for mercy, but we turned a deaf ear. That’s why all this trouble has come upon us!”

Genesis 49:22

“Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine growing by a spring, whose branches run over a wall.

Genesis 49:24

But Joseph’s bow remained steady, because the power of the Mighty One of Jacob strengthened him, by the name of the loving Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.

Psalm 118:13

They pushed me right up to the edge, and I was ready to fall, but you helped me to triumph, and together we overcame them all.

Psalm 64:3

Can’t you hear their slander, their lies? Their words are like poison-tipped arrows shot from the shadows. They are unafraid and have no fear of consequences.

John 16:33

And everything I’ve taught you is so that the peace which is in me will be in you and will give you great confidence as you rest in me. For in this unbelieving world you will experience trouble and sorrows, but you must be courageous, for I have conquered the world!”

Acts 14:22

At each place they went, they strengthened the lives of the believers and encouraged them to go deeper in their faith. And they taught them, “It is necessary for us to enter into the realm of God’s kingdom, because that’s the only way we will endure our many trials and persecutions.”