Genesis 37:5
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.
4 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
6 He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:
7 We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
- KJV
- And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
- WEB
- Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.
- ASV
- And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
- DARBY
- And Joseph dreamed a dream, and told [it] to his brethren, and they hated him yet the more.
- BLB
- And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told [it] to his brothers. And they continued hating him. Even more
- ÅB
- Engang hadde Josef en drøm, som han fortalte sine brødre; da hatet de ham enda mere.
- OTB
- Josef hadde en drøm, og da han fortalte den til sine brødre, hatet de ham enda mer.
- B1930
- Engang hadde Josef en drøm, som han fortalte sine brødre; da hatet de ham enda mere.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 28:12
And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.
Read in contextGenesis 42:9
Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
Read in contextJohn 17:14
I have given them Your word and the world has hated them; for they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
Read in contextDaniel 4:5
I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.
Read in contextAmos 3:7
Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.
Read in contextGenesis 37:4
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
Read in contextNumbers 12:6
He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
Read in context1 Kings 3:5
One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
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