“And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.”
His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind. The jealousy of the brothers is stated plainly; Jacob keeps the matter in mind — holds it in consideration rather than dismissing it. The application: the different responses to the same provocation reveal different characters: the brothers turn jealous; the father turns reflective. Luke 2:51 records Mary keeping things in her heart — the same reflective retention of something not yet understood.
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