4And his brethren seeing that he was loved by his father, more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.


In Context

1 And Jacob dwelt in the land of Chanaan wherein his father sojourned.

2 And these are his generations: Joseph, when he was sixteen years old, was feeding the dock with his brethren, being but a boy: and he was with the sons of and of Zelpha his father's wives : and he accused his brethren to his father of a most wicked crime.

3 Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons, because he had him in his old age: and he made him a coat of divers colours.

4 And his brethren seeing that he was loved by his father, more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.

5 Now it fell out also that he told his brethren a dream, that he had dreamed: which occasioned them to hate him the more.

6 And he said to them: Hear my dream which I dreamed.

Genesis 37:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

37:4And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

37:4When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

37:4And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren; and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:4And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, and they hated him, and could not greet him with friendliness.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

37:4And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren; and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:4And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:4His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn't speak peaceably to him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

37:4and his brethren see that their father hath loved him more than any of his brethren, and they hate him, and have not been able to speak to him peaceably.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

37:4And when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.