hated him] Many things met together to make Joseph maligned of his brethren, as his fathers favour, which in his gay coate was an eye-fore to their envious lookes; his complaint of his brethren, and after this his dream raised their hatred to a great height, vers. 5, 8, &c. could not speake peaceably] Wherein appeares the power of humane corruption, which is too stubborne to be held in by any bond, either of Religion, or nature; those that are very bad cannot so much overrule their naughty hearts, as to permit a good word to come out of their lips, Matthew 12:23. an evidence against the opinion of the power of free-will in matter of moralitie.