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Genesis 37

Genesis 37:10

Joseph’s Dreams · Genesis 37:1–11
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Translations

Modern
He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”
Traditional
And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
Literal
And he told it to his father and to his brothers. And his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will we surely come—I and your mother and your brothers—to bow down before you to the earth?”
Latin
Quod cum patri suo, et fratribus retulisset, increpavit eum pater suus, et dixit: Quid sibi vult hoc somnium quod vidisti? num ego et mater tua, et fratres tui adorabimus te super terram?

Original

Hebrew
English
He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”

Notes

Genesis 37:10

your mother … and I: Joseph's birth mother, Rachel, was dead (35:19). Leah was now the matriarch of the clan.

Genesis 37:5–11

God 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).

Events

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Dothan Dreams Genesis, Book of Jacob Joseph Keturah Patriarchs, Period of the Prophecy

Topics

Dream of Joseph, Concerning the Sheaves Envy: Joseph's Brethren, of Joseph Jacob: Joseph's Prophetic Dream Concerning Jealousy: Joseph's Brothers, of Joseph Joseph: Son of Jacob: His Prophetic Dreams of his Fortunes in Egypt Salutations by Bowing