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Genesis 37:5

Joseph [May he add] dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.

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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

4His brothers saw that their father 'ahav ·affectionately loved· him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn’t speak peaceably to him.

6He said to them, “Please sh'ma ·hear obey· this dream which I have dreamed:

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Cross References

Genesis 28:12He dreamed. Behold, a stairway set upon the earth, and its top reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God ascending and descending + 28:12. Quoted in John 1:51 on it.

Genesis 37:8His brothers said to him, “Will you indeed reign over us? Or will you indeed have dominion over us?” They hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words.

Genesis 41:1At the end of two full years, Pharaoh dreamed: and behold, he stood by the river.

Genesis 49:23The archers have severely grieved him, 2 shot at him, and persecute him: 1

Psalms 25:14ס The friendship of Adonai is with those who fear him. 2 He will show them his covenant. 1

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 →

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