Genesis 37:5
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
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 he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
Read in contextGenesis 42:9
And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
Read in contextJohn 17:14
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Read in contextDaniel 4:5
I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
Read in contextAmos 3:7
Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
Read in contextGenesis 37:4
And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
Read in contextNumbers 12:6
And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
Read in context1 Kings 3:5
In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
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