NET Bible
"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."
— Genesis 37:4, NET Bible
“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.”
“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.”
Joseph’s Dreams But Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, in the land of Canaan.
This is the account of Jacob.Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, was taking care of the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was a son born to him late in life, and he made a special tunic for 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.
Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.
He said to them,“Listen to this dream I had:
There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the middle of the field. Suddenly my sheaf rose up and stood upright and your sheaves surrounded my sheaf and bowed down to it!”