Genesis 37:7

וְהִנֵּה אֲנַחְנוּ מְאַלְּמִים אֲלֻמִּים בְּתוֹךְ הַשָּׂדֶה וְהִנֵּה קָמָה אֲלֻמָּתִי וְגַם ־ נִצָּבָה וְהִנֵּה תְסֻבֶּינָה אֲלֻמֹּתֵיכֶם וַתִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶיןָ לַאֲלֻמָּתִֽי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

6וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם שִׁמְעוּ ־ נָא הַחֲלוֹם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר חָלָֽמְתִּי ׃

8וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ אֶחָיו הֲמָלֹךְ תִּמְלֹךְ עָלֵינוּ אִם ־ מָשׁוֹל תִּמְשֹׁל בָּנוּ וַיּוֹסִפוּ עוֹד שְׂנֹא אֹתוֹ עַל ־ חֲלֹמֹתָיו וְעַל ־ דְּבָרָֽיו ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 42:6וְיוֹסֵף הוּא הַשַּׁלִּיט עַל ־ הָאָרֶץ הוּא הַמַּשְׁבִּיר לְכָל ־ עַם הָאָרֶץ וַיָּבֹאוּ אֲחֵי יוֹסֵף וַיִּשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ ־ לוֹ אַפַּיִם אָֽרְצָה ׃

Genesis 43:26וַיָּבֹא יוֹסֵף הַבַּיְתָה וַיָּבִיאּוּ לוֹ אֶת ־ הַמִּנְחָה אֲשֶׁר ־ בְּיָדָם הַבָּיְתָה וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּ ־ לוֹ אָֽרְצָה ׃

Genesis 44:14וַיָּבֹא יְהוּדָה וְאֶחָיו בֵּיתָה יוֹסֵף וְהוּא עוֹדֶנּוּ שָׁם וַיִּפְּלוּ לְפָנָיו אָֽרְצָה ׃

Genesis 50:18וַיֵּלְכוּ גַּם ־ אֶחָיו וַֽיִּפְּלוּ לְפָנָיו וַיֹּאמְרוּ הִנֶּנּֽוּ לְךָ לַעֲבָדִֽים ׃

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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