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Genesis 49

Gen. 49:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thex archers
chets (Hebrew #2671)
properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunder-bolt; (by interchange for 6086) the shaft of a spear
KJV usage: + archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.
Pronounce: khayts
Origin: from 2686
ba`al (Hebrew #1167)
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
KJV usage: + archer, + babbler, + bird, captain, chief man, + confederate, + have to do, + dreamer, those to whom it is due, + furious, those that are given to it, great, + hairy, he that hath it, have, + horseman, husband, lord, man, + married, master, person, + sworn, they of.
Pronounce: bah'-al
Origin: from 1166
have sorely grieved him
marar (Hebrew #4843)
properly, to trickle (see 4752); but used only as a denominative from 4751; to be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: (be, be in, deal, have, make) bitter(-ly, - ness), be moved with choler, (be, have sorely, it) grieved(-eth), provoke, vex.
Pronounce: maw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
, and shot
rabab (Hebrew #7232)
to shoot an arrow
KJV usage: shoot.
Pronounce: raw-bab'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7231 through the idea of projection)
at him, and hated him
satam (Hebrew #7852)
properly, to lurk for, i.e. persecute
KJV usage: hate, oppose self against.
Pronounce: saw-tam'
Origin: a primitive root
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Gen. 37:4• 4And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, and they hated him, and could not greet him with friendliness. (Gen. 37:4)
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Gen. 39:20• 20And Joseph's lord took him and put him into the tower-house, the place where the king's prisoners were confined; and he was there in the tower-house. (Gen. 39:20)

Cross References

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Gen. 37:4,18,24,28• 4And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, and they hated him, and could not greet him with friendliness.
 18And when they saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to put him to death.
 24and they took him and cast him into the pit; now the pit was empty--there was no water in it.
 28And Midianitish men, merchants, passed by; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silver-pieces; and they brought Joseph to Egypt. (Gen. 37:4,18,24,28)
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Gen. 39:7‑20• 7And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph, and said, Lie with me!
 8But he refused, and said to his master's wife, Behold, my master takes cognizance of nothing with me: what is in the house, and all that he has, he has given into my hand.
 9There is none greater in this house than I; neither has he withheld anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife; and how should I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
 10And it came to pass as she spoke to Joseph day by day and he hearkened not to her, to lie with her and to be with her,
 11that on a certain day he went into the house to do his business, and there was none of the men of the house there in the house.
 12Then she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me! But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran out.
 13And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled forth,
 14that she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, See, he has brought in a Hebrew man to us, to mock us: he came in to me, to lie with me; and I cried with a loud voice;
 15and it came to pass when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled and went out.
 16And she laid his garment by her until his lord came home.
 17And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew bondman that thou hast brought to us came in to me to mock me;
 18and it came to pass as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled forth.
 19And it came to pass when his lord heard the words of his wife which she spoke to him, saying, After this manner did thy bondman to me, that his wrath was kindled.
 20And Joseph's lord took him and put him into the tower-house, the place where the king's prisoners were confined; and he was there in the tower-house. (Gen. 39:7‑20)
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Gen. 42:21• 21Then they said one to another, We are indeed guilty concerning our brother, whose anguish of soul we saw when he besought us, and we did not hearken; therefore this distress is come upon us. (Gen. 42:21)
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Psa. 64:3• 3Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a bitter word; (Psa. 64:3)
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Psa. 118:13• 13Thou hast thrust hard at me that I might fall; but Jehovah helped me. (Psa. 118:13)
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John 16:33• 33These things have I spoken to you that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good courage: I have overcome the world. (John 16:33)
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Acts 14:22• 22establishing the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to abide in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God. (Acts 14:22)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The archers have provoked him, And shot at, and hated him;