Genesis 37:7
5 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:
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.”
8 “Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.
9 Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
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
- 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.”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf.”
- ASV
- for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves came round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
- DARBY
- Behold, we were binding sheaves in the fields, and lo, my sheaf rose up, and remained standing; and behold, your sheaves came round about and bowed down to my sheaf.
- BLB
- and behold, we were binding sheaves in the midst of the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright. And behold, your⁺ sheaves gathered around and bowed themselves to my sheaf.”
- ÅB
- Jeg syntes vi bandt kornbånd ute på åkeren, og se, mitt kornbånd reiste seg opp og ble stående, og deres kornbånd sto rundt omkring og bøyde seg for mitt kornbånd.
- OTB
- Vi bandt kornbånd på marken, og plutselig reiste mitt kornbånd seg og sto oppreist, mens deres kornbånd samlet seg rundt og bøyde seg for mitt kornbånd."
- B1930
- Jeg syntes vi bandt kornbånd ute på akeren, og se, mitt kornbånd reiste sig op og blev stående, og eders kornbånd stod rundt omkring og bøide sig for mitt kornbånd.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 42:6
Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
Read in contextGenesis 44:14
When Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph’s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.
Read in contextGenesis 43:26
When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.
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 contextColossians 1:18
And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.
Read in contextGenesis 44:19
My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
Read in contextPhilippians 2:10
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
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