Genesis 37:9
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.”
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.
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.”
10 He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”
11 And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
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.
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- BSB
- 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.”
- KJV
- And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
- WEB
- He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, “Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.”
- ASV
- And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed yet a dream: and, behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me.
- DARBY
- And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamt another dream, and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.
- BLB
- And he dreamed yet another dream, and he told it to his brothers and said, “Behold, I have dreamed another dream, and behold, the sun and the moon and one and ten stars were bowing themselves to me.”
- ÅB
- Og han hadde enda en annen drøm og fortalte den til sine brødre; han sa: Jeg hadde enda en drøm, og se, solen og månen og elleve stjerner bøyde seg for meg.
- OTB
- Da hadde han en annen drøm og fortalte den til sine brødre. "Hør," sa han, "jeg har hatt en annen drøm, og denne gangen bøyde solen, månen og elleve stjerner seg for meg."
- B1930
- Og han hadde ennu en annen drøm og fortalte den til sine brødre; han sa: Jeg hadde ennu en drøm, og se, solen og månen og elleve stjerner bøide sig for mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 7:9–14
Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
Read in contextGenesis 46:29
Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.
Read in contextGenesis 37:7
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.”
Read in contextDaniel 8:10
It grew as high as the host of heaven, and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the earth, and trampled them.
Read in contextGenesis 43:28
“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
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 41:25
At this, Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do.
Read in contextGenesis 45:9
Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.
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