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


In Context

1 Jacob lived in the land of his father's travels, in the land of Canaan.

2 This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.

3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a coat of many colors.

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

5 Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.

6 He said to them, |Please hear this dream which I have 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

37:4And his brethren seeing that he was loved by his father, more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.

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 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.