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Genesis 49:23

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The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot [at him], and hated him:

The archers {H1167}{H2671} have sorely grieved him {H4843}, and shot {H7232} at him, and hated him {H7852}:

The archers attacked him fiercely, shooting at him and pressing him hard;

The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.

The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and persecuted him:

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 37:24 (4 votes)

    And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit [was] empty, [there was] no water in it.

  • Psalms 64:3 (3 votes)

    Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:

  • Genesis 37:28 (3 votes)

    Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty [pieces] of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

  • Genesis 42:21 (2 votes)

    ¶ And they said one to another, We [are] verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

  • John 16:33 (2 votes)

    These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

  • Genesis 37:18 (2 votes)

    And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

  • Genesis 37:4 (2 votes)

    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.