OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 37:4

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His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn’t speak peaceably to him.

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Verse 4. Could not, through envy, which caused them to notice every little distinction shewn to Joseph. They perceived he was the most beloved. His accusing them, and insinuating by his mysterious dreams that he would be their lord, heightened their rage. Bible.

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