4702. And his brethren envied him. That this signifies their* aversion is evident from the signification of "envying," as also being aversion, like "to hate," and "not to speak to him for peace," as above (n. 4681); for in the original the word "envying" signifies also being jealous and quarreling; and as jealousy and quarreling are the effects of hatred, aversion also is signified by the same word. * The Latin here has ejus, but illorum in n. 4678.