Genesis 37:4 And when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him. 1. Choice respects to any, from parents, above all others, usually make such favourites to be envied. 2. Flesh and blood usually hate that which grace affects and loves. 3. Sin, and envy specially, put men out of a capacity of doing duty to relations. 4. Where hearts are full of hatred, mouths speak not peace but bitterness and scorning. (G. Hughes, B. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. |
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