Catholic Public Domain Version
"Then his brothers, seeing that he was loved by his father more than all his other sons, hated him, and they were not able to say anything peacefully to him. "
— Genesis 37:4, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.”
“And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren; and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. ”
“His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn't speak peaceably to him.”
“When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated Joseph and were not able to speak to him kindly.”
“And his brethren seeing that he was loved by his father, more than all his sons, hated hem, and could not speak peaceably to him.”
“And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.”
“And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.”
Now Jacob lived in the land of Canaan, where his father sojourned.
And these are his generations. Joseph, when he was sixteen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers, when he was still a boy. And he was with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, the wives of his father. And he accused his brothers to their father of a most sinful crime.
Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons, because he had conceived him in his old age. And he made him a tunic, woven of many colors.
Then his brothers, seeing that he was loved by his father more than all his other sons, hated him, and they were not able to say anything peacefully to him.
Then it also happened that he recounted the vision of a dream to his brothers, for which reason a greater hatred began to be nurtured.
And he said to them, “Listen to my dream that I saw.
I thought we were binding sheaves in the field. And my sheaf seemed to rise up and stand, and your sheaves, standing in a circle, reverenced my sheaf.”