Quotes about Sibling rivalry
Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.
- Genesis 30:8
Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.
- Genesis 37:3
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
- Genesis 37:4
Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
- Genesis 37:5
He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:
- Genesis 37:6
“Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.
- Genesis 37:8
Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
- Genesis 37:9
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
- Genesis 37:11
Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.
- Genesis 37:12
Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
- Genesis 37:18
“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
- Genesis 37:20
“Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.
- Genesis 37:22