Then Joseph [a](A)had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more. He said to them, “Please listen to this dream which I have [b]had; for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf stood up and also remained standing; and behold, your sheaves gathered around and (B)bowed down to my sheaf.” Then his brothers said to him, “(C)Are you actually going to reign over us? Or are you really going to rule over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

Then he [c]had yet another dream, and informed his brothers of it, and said, “Behold, I have [d]had yet another dream; and behold, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.” 10 He also told it to his father as well as to his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have [e]had? Am I and your mother and (D)your brothers actually going to come to bow down to the ground before you?” 11 And (E)his brothers were jealous of him, but his father (F)kept the matter in mind.

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  1. Genesis 37:5 Lit dreamed
  2. Genesis 37:6 Lit dreamed
  3. Genesis 37:9 Lit dreamed
  4. Genesis 37:9 Lit dreamed
  5. Genesis 37:10 Lit dreamed

One night Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him more than ever. “Listen to this dream,” he said. “We were out in the field, tying up bundles of grain. Suddenly my bundle stood up, and your bundles all gathered around and bowed low before mine!”

His brothers responded, “So you think you will be our king, do you? Do you actually think you will reign over us?” And they hated him all the more because of his dreams and the way he talked about them.

Soon Joseph had another dream, and again he told his brothers about it. “Listen, I have had another dream,” he said. “The sun, moon, and eleven stars bowed low before me!”

10 This time he told the dream to his father as well as to his brothers, but his father scolded him. “What kind of dream is that?” he asked. “Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow to the ground before you?” 11 But while his brothers were jealous of Joseph, his father wondered what the dreams meant.

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