Catena Fidei

Genesis 37:4 (WEB)
His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn’t speak peaceably to him.

Fathers and councils · 3

John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XVI.14Conference XVI
“…all with a father’s love, yet loved Joseph with deeper affection, as Scripture clearly shows: “But his brethren envied him, because his father loved him;” evidently not that that good man his father failed in greatly loving the rest of his children, but that in his affection he clung to this one, because he was a…” — editor's note: Gen. xxxvii. 4.
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John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.16Conference XVIII
“…eleven patriarchs, so that Scripture relates of them: “But his brothers envied him because his father loved him, and they could not speak peaceably unto him” until their jealousy, which would not listen to any entreaties on the part of their obedient and submissive brother, desired his death, and would scarcely be…” — editor's note: Gen. xxxvii. 4.
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Ambrose of Milan, On the Decease of His Brother Satyrus Book 2
“Holy Joseph experienced the hatred of his brethren, the guile of those who envied him, the service of slavery, the mastership of merchantmen, the wantonness of his mistress, the ignorance of her husband, and the misery of prison.” — editor's note: Gen. xxxvii. 4 ff.
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