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Genesis 37:7

I thought we were binding sheaves in the field. And my sheaf seemed to rise up and stand, and your sheaves, standing in a circle, reverenced my sheaf.”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6And he said to them, “Listen to my dream that I saw.

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.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:6And Joseph was governor in the land of Egypt, and grain was sold under his direction to the people. And when his brothers had reverenced him

Genesis 43:26And so Joseph entered his house, and they offered him the gifts, holding them in their hands. And they reverenced prone on the ground.

Genesis 44:14And Judah, first among his brothers, entered to Joseph (for he had not yet departed from the place) and together they all fell down before him to the ground.

Genesis 50:18And his brothers went to him. And reverencing prostrate on the ground, they said, “We are your servants.”

Colossians 1:18And he is the head of his body, the Church. He is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, so that in all things he may hold primacy.

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 →

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