Genesis 37:7
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.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
6And he said to them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed.
Cross References
Genesis 42:6And Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brothers came, and bowed down themselves to him with their faces to the earth.
Genesis 43:26And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down themselves to him to the earth.
Genesis 44:14And Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house. And he was yet there, and they fell before him on the ground.
Genesis 50:18And his brothers also went and fell down before his face, and they said, Behold, we are thy servants.
Colossians 1:18And he is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might become preeminent in all things.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 37:6-12
5 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. 8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his… Read the whole commentary →