Gen 37:4 | NETfull | STEP | When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated Joseph and were not able to speak to him kindly.

Genesis 37:4

4 When Joseph’s ^{▼▼ Heb “his”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.} brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, ^{▼▼ Heb “of his brothers.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun “them.”} they hated Joseph ^{▼▼ Heb “him”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.} and were not able to speak to him kindly. ^{▼▼ Heb “speak to him for peace.”}