Genesis 37:5 adds that Joseph's dream further inflamed his brothers — compounding the hatred already sparked by the coat in verse 3.

In Genesis 37:11, the brothers' hatred intensifies into jealousy after hearing the dreams, showing the same emotional reaction escalating.

Genesis 37:18-24 shows the brothers' hatred from 37:4 turning into a conspiracy to kill and then sell Joseph — hatred becoming action.

Genesis 37:8 escalates the hatred already present here, adding Joseph's dreams as further fuel for his brothers' hostility.

Genesis 27:41 shows Esau hating Jacob over their father's favoritism, even planning to kill him — a parallel brother-against-brother pattern.

Genesis 4:5 shows Cain's jealous anger toward Abel, his favored brother — the same sibling jealousy over perceived favoritism.

Genesis 30:24 records Joseph's birth to Rachel, the beloved wife, revealing the origin of the favoritism that sparked his brothers' hatred.

Genesis 50:20 reveals that God meant this very hatred for good — the brothers' evil intent became the means of preserving many lives.

In 1 Samuel 17:28, Eliab burns with anger at David, accusing him — the same pattern of a jealous older brother resenting the younger.

1 John 3:12 invokes Cain's jealousy-driven murder of Abel — a direct parallel to brothers hating a favored sibling.

In Acts 7:9, Stephen recounts this event explicitly: the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt.

In Jeremiah 12:6, God warns that even one's own brothers may deal treacherously — the same family betrayal shown here.

John 7:3-5 shows Jesus' own brothers mocking and disbelieving him, echoing the familial hostility Joseph faced from jealousy.

John 15:18 warns that hatred of God's chosen ones comes first from those closest, just as Joseph's brothers hated him.

John 15:19 explains being chosen provokes hatred — Joseph's brothers hated him precisely because their father chose him.

In Matthew 5:22, Jesus warns that anger toward a brother makes one liable to judgment — the spiritual danger behind this hatred.

In Ephesians 4:31, Paul commands believers to put away exactly what these brothers displayed — anger and malice.

In Ecclesiastes 4:4, this same jealousy is identified as the root of harmful striving — envy driving people to destructive action.

1 John 2:11 warns that hating a brother places one in darkness — the moral state Joseph's brothers lived in.

1 John 3:10 marks hatred of a brother as evidence of not belonging to God, a principle Joseph's brothers violated.

1 John 4:20 exposes hatred of a brother as incompatible with loving God — the spiritual blindness at work in Joseph's brothers.