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.His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn’t speak peaceably to him.And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren; and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
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… Don't sweat it. I want to read Genesis 37 verses 3 through 8. Genesis 37 verse 3 through 8. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children because he was the son of his old age. Also he made him a tunic of many colors. But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him. now Joseph had a dream and he told it to his brothers and they hated him even more so he said to them please hear this dream which I have dreamed there we were binding sheaves in the field then behold my sheaf arose and also stood upright and indeed your sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my sheaf. And his brothers said to him, shall you indeed reign over us or shall you indeed have dominion over us? So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words. I want to talk about being hated. It's important that you understand that at some point in your life, people are going to hate you. Somebody's going to hate you. …
… So now we can talk on a level playing field. The Bible says in Genesis chapter 37, verses three and four, now Jacob loved Joseph more than any of his other sons because his wife and Joseph's mother was Rachel. Jacob only had four wives, so you don't think there was any drama, do you? You know the guy was broke. Now Jacob loved Joseph more than any of his other sons. This is Netflix City right here. Because he had been born to him in his old age and he made an ornament robe for him. When his brothers saw, I want you to remember that, they just saw him. They saw that their father loved him more than any of them. They hated him and could not speak a kind word to him. Horrible environment. Third statement about betrayal. Betrayal is either a pitfall or a pit stop. You're either kicked into the pit of betrayal. it's a pitfall and you can become a pit viper You know, pit vipers bite at anything. …
… and turn to the book of Genesis, Genesis 37, verses two through 11. Now I'm gonna read you a section of scripture. And as I read this, you're gonna go, I thought my family was dysfunctional. I thought I was a little bit crazy. I thought I had some drama no he won't believe this this is the account verse 2 of Jacob's family line Jacob was Joseph's dad the word Jacob in the Hebrew means cheater so people hey cheater wouldn't it be great tell me your dad's name again cheater this is the account of Jacob's family line Joseph the guy we're going to talk about a young man of 17 was tending the flocks with his brothers the sons of Bila and the sons of Zilpah his father's wives Now that last line Tells us doesn't it about the issues And just some of the potential problems That was occurring in this family Wives And he brought their father This is Joseph a bad report about them. …
… of his other sons but because he had been born to him in his old age and he made an ordinate robe for him. And when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him. I want to pause there, just help you out in your life. Some of the reasons why you are hated is because you have favor on your life. Remember, everybody loves a loser. We call them lovable losers, the Clippers. But you don't get hated until you surpass what people expected you to do. And Joseph's brothers could not speak a kind word to him. Why? Because he had favor. And favor ain't fair. And so here they are. They're jealous of him. Pick up the scriptures now and go to verse six. And he said to, no, sorry, verse five. And Joseph had a dream. And when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more. …