Acts 7:9-15 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,… I remember reading somewhere in a Grecian story of a man who killed himself through envy. His fellow citizens had reared a statue to one of their number who was a celebrated victor in the public games. So strong was the feeling of envy which this incited in the breast of one of the hero's rivals, that he went forth every night, in order, if possible, to destroy that monument. After repeated efforts he moved it from its pedestal, and it fell, and in its fall it crushed him. An unintentional symbolic act was this, showing the suicidal action of envy on the soul. It is ever an element of misery, a burning coal which "comes hissing hot from hell." (D. Thomas, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,WEB: "The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him, |
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