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Genesis 49:23

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The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
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  1. Genesis 37:24Rank 1 from verse 23
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    24And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

  2. Psalms 118:13Rank 2 from verse 23
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    13Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the Lord helped me.

  3. Genesis 37:28Rank 3 from verse 23
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    28Then 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.

  4. Genesis 37:4Rank 4 from verse 23
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    4And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

  5. Psalms 64:3Rank 5 from verse 23
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    3Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

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Genesis 49:23

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grieved

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of grieve, meaning to feel pain of mind or heart; to be in pain on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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shot

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Sent or launched from a bow or other source; or put forth, grew, or extended rapidly, as a plant or branch.

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

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hated

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of hate, meaning to feel strong dislike, aversion, or enmity toward; in comparisons, to love less.

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

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49:22¶ Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

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

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49:24But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

49:25Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:

49:26The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

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