King James Version (KJV)
Genesis 49:23
“The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot [at him], and hated him:”
Verse in context — Genesis 49
Naphtali [is] a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
Joseph [is] a fruitful bough, [even] a fruitful bough by a well; [whose] branches run over the wall:
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot [at him], and hated him:
But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty [God] of Jacob; (from thence [is] the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
[Even] by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
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The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
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