Genesis 37:9

Then he had another dream and told it to his brothers, saying, “I have had another dream, and it seemed to me that the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.”

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In The King James Version

And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

In Context

8His brothers said to him, “Do you think you will be king over us? And rule us?” So they hated him still more because of his dreams and his words.

10But when he told it to his father and his brothers, his father reproved him and said, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Am I and your mother and your brothers supposed to bow down to the earth before you?”

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Cross References

Genesis 20:3But God came to Abimelech in a dream in the night and said to him, “You will die, because of the woman you have taken, for she is married.

Genesis 37:10But when he told it to his father and his brothers, his father reproved him and said, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Am I and your mother and your brothers supposed to bow down to the earth before you?”

Genesis 41:32“The dream came twice to Pharaoh to indicate that its fulfillment is assured and that God will soon make it come true.

Genesis 43:26When Joseph came into the house, they gave him the present which they had brought and bowed down low before him.

Genesis 44:14When Judah and his brothers came back to Joseph’s house, he was still there; and they threw themselves before him on the ground.

Genesis 45:9“Go up quickly to my father and say to him, ‘Your son Joseph says: God has made me master of all Egypt, come down to me without delay.

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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