²⁸ But when David’s oldest brother, Eliab, heard David talking to the men, he was angry. “What are you doing around here anyway?” he demanded. “What about those few sheep you’re supposed to be taking care of? I know about your pride and deceit. You just want to see the battle!”

¹¹ But while his brothers were jealous of Joseph, his father wondered what the dreams meant.

⁸ His brothers responded, “So you think you will be our king, do you? Do you actually think you will reign over us?” And they hated him all the more because of his dreams and the way he talked about them.

⁴ But his brothers hated Joseph because their father loved him more than the rest of them. They couldn’t say a kind word to him.

²¹ When his family heard what was happening, they tried to take him away. “He’s out of his mind,” they said.

¹⁰ But these people scoff at things they do not understand. Like unthinking animals, they do whatever their instincts tell them, and so they bring about their own destruction.

¹⁸ (He knew very well that the religious leaders had arrested Jesus out of envy.)

⁴ Then I observed that most people are motivated to success because they envy their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless—like chasing the wind.