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Genesis 37:5
5Then Joseph had a dream. When he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
Genesis 37:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
- New International Version (NIV)Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even more.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more.
Context of Genesis 37:5
3Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons because Joseph was a son born to him in his old age, and he made a long-sleeved robe for him. 4When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not bring themselves to speak peaceably to him. Then Joseph had a dream. When he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more. 6He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had: 7There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the field. Suddenly my sheaf stood up, and your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf.”
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וַיַּחֲלֹ֤ם יוֹסֵף֙ חֲל֔וֹם וַיַּגֵּ֖ד לְאֶחָ֑יו וַיּוֹסִ֥פוּ ע֖וֹד שְׂנֹ֥א אֹתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Genesis 37:5
- Genesis 37:9Then he had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun, moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
- Genesis 28:12And he dreamed: A stairway was set on the ground with its top reaching the sky, and God’s angels were going up and down on it.
- Genesis 40:5The king of Egypt’s cupbearer and baker, who were confined in the prison, each had a dream. Both had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.
- Genesis 41:1At the end of two years Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,
- Genesis 42:9Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said to them, “You are spies. You have come to see the weakness of the land.”
- Numbers 12:6he said: “Listen to what I say: If there is a prophet among you from the Lord, I make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream.
- Judges 7:13When Gideon arrived, there was a man telling his friend about a dream. He said, “Listen, I had a dream: a loaf of barley bread came tumbling into the Midianite camp, struck a tent, and it fell. The loaf turned the tent upside down so that it collapsed.”
- 1 Kings 3:5At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream at night. God said, “Ask. What should I give you?”
- Psalms 25:14The secret counsel of the Lord is for those who fear him, and he reveals his covenant to them.
- Daniel 2:1In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled him, and sleep deserted him.
- Daniel 4:5I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.
- Joel 2:28After this I will pour out my Spirit on all humanity; then your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your old men will have dreams, and your young men will see visions.
- Amos 3:7Indeed, the Lord God does nothing without revealing his counsel to his servants the prophets.
- Genesis 37:4When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not bring themselves to speak peaceably to him.
- Genesis 49:23The archers attacked him, shot at him, and were hostile toward him.
- John 17:14I have given them your word. The world hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
Commentaries on Genesis 37:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-36Verses 1-36 - Joseph Was Sold into Egypt 17. דתין dotayı̂n Dothain, “two wells?” (Gesenius) 25. נכאת neko't “tragacanth” or goat‘s-thorn gum, yielded by the “astragalus gummifer”, a native of Mount Lebanon. צרי tsērı̂y “opobalsamum,” the resin of the balsam tree, growing in Gilead, and having healing qualities. לט loṭ ͂ lēdon “ledum, ladanum,” in the Septuagint ́ staktē The former is a gum produced from the cistus rose. The latter is a gum resembling…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-11Verses 5-11 God gave Joseph betimes the prospect of his advancement, to support and comfort him under his long and grievous troubles. Observe, Joseph dreamed of his preferment, but he did not dream of his imprisonment. Thus many young people, when setting out in the world, think of nothing but prosperity and pleasure, and never dream of trouble. His brethren rightly interpreted the dream, though they abhorred the interpretation of it. While they committed…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-11God confirmed his choice of this faithful son as the future leader of the family through two symbolic dreams. This is the first of three dream sequences in chapters 37–50 (see 40:1–41:36; compare 15:13; 20:3; 28:12–15; 31:24). Dreams were often seen as a way God spoke to people. People considered a dream to be more important if it was given twice (repeated to show it was certain).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-365. Joseph dreamed a dream--Dreams in ancient times were much attended to, and hence the dream of Joseph, though but a mere boy, engaged the serious consideration of his family. But this dream was evidently symbolical. The meaning was easily discerned, and, from its being repeated under different emblems, the fulfilment was considered certain (compare Ge 41:32), whence it was that "his brethren envied him, but his father observed the saying" [Ge 37:11].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 37
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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