11And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
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And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
Hitherto 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.
For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-11)Here, I. Joseph relates the prophetical dreams he had, Gen. 37:6 , 7 , 9 , 10 . Though he was now very young (about seventeen years old), yet he was pious and devout, and well-inclined, and this fitted him for God’s gracious discoveries of himself to him. Joseph had a great deal of trouble before him, and therefore God gave him betimes this prospect of his advancement, to support and comfort him u…
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