Genesis 37:5
Then it also happened that he recounted the vision of a dream to his brothers, for which reason a greater hatred began to be nurtured.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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, “Listen to my dream that I saw.
Cross References
Genesis 28:12And he saw in his sleep: a ladder standing upon the earth, with its top touching heaven, also, the Angels of God ascending and descending by it,
Genesis 37:8His brothers responded: “Would you be our king? Or will we be subject to your dominion?” Therefore, this matter of his dreams and words provided kindling to their envy and hatred.
Genesis 41:1After two years, Pharaoh saw a dream. He thought himself to be standing above a river,
Genesis 49:23But those who held darts, provoked him, and they contend with him, and they envied him.
Judges 7:13And when Gideon had arrived, someone told his neighbor a dream. And he related what he had seen, in this way: “I saw a dream, and it seemed to me as if bread, baked under ashes from rolled barley, descended into the camp of Midian. And whenever it arrived at a tent, it struck it, and overturned it, and utterly leveled it to the ground.”
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 →