Genesis 37:19

They said, “Here comes the boy that has lots of dreams.

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In The King James Version

And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

In Context

18Joseph's brothers saw him coming and they started to make plans to kill him.

20Come on, let's kill him and throw his body into one of the deep wells in the ground. We can tell everyone that a wild animal ate him. That way, his dreams will never come true, and he will never be our boss.”

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Cross References

Genesis 28:12In the night he had a dream. He saw stairs going up from the ground all the way into heaven. And he saw God's angels going up and down the stairs.

Genesis 37:11Joseph's brothers were jealous and upset with him, but his father kept thinking about Joseph's dream all the time.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 37:13-23

12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. 13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I. 14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying,… Read the whole commentary →

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