Genesis 37:5
Now Joseph had a dream, and he gave his brothers an account of it, which made their hate greater than ever.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
In Context
6And he said to them, Let me give you the story of my dream.
Cross References
Genesis 28:12And he had a dream, and in his dream he saw steps stretching from earth to heaven, and the angels of God were going up and down on them.
Genesis 37:8And his brothers said to him, Are you to be our king? will you have authority over us? And because of his dream and his words, their hate for him became greater than ever.
Genesis 41:1Now after two years had gone by, Pharaoh had a dream; and in his dream he was by the side of the Nile;
Genesis 49:23He was troubled by the archers; they sent out their arrows against him, cruelly wounding him:
Judges 7:13When Gideon came there, a man was giving his friend an account of his dream, saying, See, I had a dream about a cake of barley bread which, falling into the tents of Midian, came on to the tent, overturning it so that it was stretched out flat on the earth.
Psalms 25:14The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 37:2-5
The History of Joseph. ( b. c. 1729.) 1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. 2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. 4… Read the whole commentary →