Genesis 37:7
Lo! then, we, were binding sheaves in the midst of the field, when lo my sheaf rose up, yea and took its stand,—and lo! round about came your sheaves, and bowed themselves down to my sheaf.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
6And he said unto them, Hear ye I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
Cross References
Genesis 42:6Now, Joseph—he, it was, that was in power over the land, he, it was that was selling corn to all the people of the land,—so Joseph’s brethren came in, and bowed themselves down to him, with their faces to the earth.
Genesis 43:26So when Joseph came into the house, they brought in to him the present which was in their hand into the house,—and bowed themselves down to him to the earth.
Genesis 44:14And Judah and his brethren came into the house of Joseph, he, yet being there,—and fell down before him to the earth.
Genesis 50:18Then went his brethren also, and fell down before him,—and said, Behold us! thine for servants.
Colossians 1:18And, he, is the head of the body, the assembly, Who is the beginning, Firstborn from among the dead, in order that, he, might become, in all things, himself, pre-eminent;—
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 →