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His brothersאֶחָיוwere jealousוַיְקַנְאוּof him,בוֹbut his fatherוְאָבִיוkeptשָׁמַרthe matter in mind.אֶת הַדָּבָר
Genesis 37:11
Study it in the app“His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 37:11, word by word
- His brothersאֶחָיechay
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appears- were jealousיְקַנְאוּyekanu
be jealous
To feel bitterness because another has what one would like.
Where else “yekanu” appears- but his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- keptשָׁמַרshamar
preserve
To keep something, or watch and wait.
Where else “shamar” appears- the matter in mindדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears
The context
10He told it to his father and to his brothers, and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall we indeed come, I and your mother and your brothers, to bow down before you to the ground?”
11 · This verse (above)
12His brothers went to pasture their father’s flock at Shechem.
To study Genesis 37 in a group
1. What it says
What did the brothers do to Joseph, and what did they tell Jacob (vv. 23-33)?
2. What it means
What reasons did the brothers have for hating Joseph (vv. 3-4, 8)?
3. How I live it
How do you handle envy when someone receives more attention than you?