Read the Bible
KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE

Genesis 37:11

TEXT EDITION
Pure Cambridge Edition selected
And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
Share
Email linkOpen a new message in your email app
Read chapterReport issue
More

PASSAGE SELECTION

Build from either side

1 selected · 35 available

Add or remove verses within this chapter. The study tools update with the selected passage.

SCRIPTURE WITH SCRIPTURE

Cross References

All 17 ranked passages are available for comparison.

From verse 11

  1. Acts 7:9Rank 1 from verse 11
    Open

    9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

  2. Luke 2:19Rank 2 from verse 11
    Open

    19But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.

  3. Luke 2:51Rank 3 from verse 11
    Open

    51And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

  4. Daniel 7:28Rank 4 from verse 11
    Open

    28Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.

  5. Acts 13:45Rank 5 from verse 11
    Open

    45But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

  6. Ecclesiastes 4:4Rank 6 from verse 11
    Open

    4¶ Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

  7. Galatians 5:21Rank 7 from verse 11
    Open

    21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

  8. Genesis 26:14–16Rank 8 from verse 11
    Open

    14For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

    15For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.

    16And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

  9. Isaiah 11:13Rank 9 from verse 11
    Open

    13The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

  10. Isaiah 26:11Rank 10 from verse 11
    Open

    11Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.

  11. James 3:14–16Rank 11 from verse 11
    Open

    14But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

    15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

    16For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

  12. James 4:5Rank 12 from verse 11
    Open

    5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

  13. Mark 15:10Rank 13 from verse 11
    Open

    10For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.

  14. Matthew 27:18Rank 14 from verse 11
    Open

    18For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.

  15. Psalms 106:16Rank 15 from verse 11
    Open

    16They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the Lord.

  16. Titus 3:3Rank 16 from verse 11
    Open

    3For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

  17. Genesis 24:31Rank 17 from verse 11
    Open

    31And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the Lord; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

Definitions

Open a word for its full definition and concordance.

DEFINED WORDS

Genesis 37:11

COMBINED MEANING

brethren

↗

1. Persons of the same people, tribe, community, or shared service who are regarded or addressed as brothers. 2. Persons regarded as brothers by reason of faith or another spiritual relation. 3. Male siblings or other male relatives.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

envied

↗

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of envy, meaning to feel such jealousy.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

but

↗

Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

father

↗

Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

observed

↗

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of observe. Sense 1: To watch, notice, behold, or take heed of. Sense 2: To keep, carefully perform, or comply with.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

READ THE PASSAGE

View in context

Suggested context · Genesis 37:9–11

The selected passage is highlighted. Context is a study aid.

37:9¶ And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

37:10And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

37:11And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

Selected passage

LOCAL PASTOR DIRECTORY

Ask a Pastor Near You

Enter a U.S. ZIP code to find nearby pastors committed to holding fast the faithful word.

Your ZIP is processed in this browser from local data. It is not sent to a ZIP lookup service or to a church. ZIP coordinates from GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.