World English Bible
"His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn't speak peaceably to him."
— Genesis 37:4, World English 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. ”
“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.”
Jacob lived in the land of his father's travels, in the land of Canaan.
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.
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.
His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn't speak peaceably to him.
Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.
He said to them, "Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:
for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf."