Bereshis 37:11

11 And his achim had kina (jealousy, envy) toward him; but Aviv was shomer over the saying.

Bereshis 37:11 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 37:11

And his brethren envied him
Notwithstanding all the precaution Jacob took to prevent it; they suspecting and fearing that these dreams portended the pre-eminence of Joseph over them, or however served to fill his mind with the hopes and expectation of it:

but his father observed the saying;
what Joseph had said in relating his dream; he laid it up in his mind and kept it there, often thought of it, and waited to see its accomplishment.

Bereshis 37:11 In-Context

9 And he dreamed yet another chalom, and told it his achim, and said, Hinei, I have dreamed a chalom more; and, hinei, the shemesh and the yarei’ach and the eleven kokhavim bowed down to me.

10 And he told it to Aviv, and to his achim: and Aviv rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this chalom that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and Immecha and Achecha indeed come to bow down ourselves to the ground before thee?

11 And his achim had kina (jealousy, envy) toward him; but Aviv was shomer over the saying.

12 And his achim went for the purpose to be ro’eh tzon Avihem in the vicinity of Shechem.

13 And Yisroel said unto Yosef, Do not thy achim ro’im in Shechem? Come and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Hineni.