Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 7200 [e] וַיִּרְא֣וּ way-yir-’ū But when saw Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp 251 [e] אֶחָ֗יו ’e-ḥāw, his brothers N-mpc | 3ms 3588 [e] כִּֽי־ kî- that Conj 853 [e] אֹת֞וֹ ’ō-ṯōw him DirObjM | 3ms 157 [e] אָהַ֤ב ’ā-haḇ loved V-Qal-Perf-3ms 1 [e] אֲבִיהֶם֙ ’ă-ḇî-hem their father N-msc | 3mp 3605 [e] מִכָּל־ mik-kāl more than all Prep-m | N-msc 251 [e] אֶחָ֔יו ’e-ḥāw, his brothers N-mpc | 3ms 8130 [e] וַֽיִּשְׂנְא֖וּ way-yiś-nə-’ū then they hated Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp 853 [e] אֹת֑וֹ ’ō-ṯōw; him DirObjM | 3ms 3808 [e] וְלֹ֥א wə-lō and not Conj-w | Adv-NegPrt 3201 [e] יָכְל֖וּ yā-ḵə-lū could V-Qal-Perf-3cp 1696 [e] דַּבְּר֥וֹ dab-bə-rōw speak to him V-Piel-Inf | 3ms 7965 [e] לְשָׁלֹֽם׃ lə-šā-lōm. peaceably Prep-l | N-ms

New American Standard Bible
His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers; and so they hated him and could not speak to him on friendly terms.

King James 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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not bring themselves to speak peaceably to him.

hated him.

Genesis 37:5,11,18-24 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brothers: and they …

Genesis 4:5 But to Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was …

Genesis 27:41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father …

Genesis 49:23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

1 Samuel 16:12,13 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and with of a …

1 Samuel 17:28 And Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and …

Psalm 38:19 But my enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate …

Psalm 69:4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: …

John 7:3-5 His brothers therefore said to him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, …

John 15:18,19 If the world hate you, you know that it hated me before it hated you…

Titus 3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, …

1 John 2:11 But he that hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, …

1 John 3:10,12 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the …

1 John 4:20 If a man say, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar: for …

and could not speak peaceably unto him. Or, rather, 'and they could not speak peace to him,' i.e., they would not accost him in a friendly manner: they would not even wish him well, in the eastern mode of salutation of, Peace be to thee! It is not an unusual thing for an Arab or Turk to hesitate to return the {sal?m}, if given by a Christian, or by one of whom he has not a favourable opinion; and this may always be considered as an act of hostility.

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