Genesis 37:4 - Exposition

And when (literally, and) his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they (literally, and they ) hated him ,—as Esau hated Jacob ( Genesis 27:41 ; cf. Genesis 49:23 )— and could not speak peaceably unto him —literally, they were not able to speak of him for peace, i e . they could not address him in such a way as to wish him well; they could not offer him the customary salutation of Shalom , or Peace.