⁵ Joseph had a dream,^(A) and when he told it to his brothers,^(B) they hated him all the more.^{(C) 6} He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had: ⁷ We were binding sheaves^(D) of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.”^(E)

⁹ Then he had another dream,^(A) and he told it to his brothers. “Listen,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars^(B) were bowing down to me.”^(C)

⁸ “We both had dreams,” they answered, “but there is no one to interpret them.”^(A)

Then Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God?^(B) Tell me your dreams.”