Genesis 37:4-11
New King James Version
4 But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they (A)hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.
5 Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more. 6 So he said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed: 7 (B)There we were, binding sheaves in the field. Then behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and indeed your sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my sheaf.”
8 And his brothers said to him, “Shall you indeed reign over us? Or shall you indeed have dominion over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.
9 Then he dreamed still another dream and told it to his brothers, and said, “Look, I have dreamed another dream. And this time, (C)the sun, the moon, and the eleven stars bowed down to me.”
10 So he told it to his father and his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall your mother and I and (D)your brothers indeed come to bow down to the earth before you?” 11 And (E)his brothers envied him, but his father (F)kept the matter in mind.
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Genesis 37:4-11
New International Version
4 When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him(A) and could not speak a kind word to him.
5 Joseph had a dream,(B) and when he told it to his brothers,(C) they hated him all the more.(D) 6 He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had: 7 We were binding sheaves(E) of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.”(F)
8 His brothers said to him, “Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?”(G) And they hated him all the more(H) because of his dream and what he had said.
9 Then he had another dream,(I) and he told it to his brothers. “Listen,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars(J) were bowing down to me.”(K)
10 When he told his father as well as his brothers,(L) his father rebuked(M) him and said, “What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”(N) 11 His brothers were jealous of him,(O) but his father kept the matter in mind.(P)
Job 6:15
New King James Version
15 (A)My brothers have dealt deceitfully like a brook,
(B)Like the streams of the brooks that pass away,
Job 6:15
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15 But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams,(A)
as the streams that overflow
Psalm 69:8
New King James Version
8 (A)I have become a stranger to my brothers,
And an alien to my mother’s children;
Psalm 69:8
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8 I am a foreigner to my own family,
a stranger to my own mother’s children;(A)
Jeremiah 9:4
New King James Version
4 “Everyone(A) take heed to his [a]neighbor,
And do not trust any brother;
For every brother will utterly supplant,
And every neighbor will (B)walk with slanderers.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 9:4 friend
Jeremiah 9:4
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Jeremiah 9:5
New King James Version
5 Everyone will (A)deceive his neighbor,
And will not speak the truth;
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
They weary themselves to commit iniquity.
Jeremiah 9:5
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