Genesis 37:6

6 Joseph said, "Listen to the dream I had.

Genesis 37:6 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 37:6

And he said unto them, hear, I pray you, this dream which I
have dreamed.
] Hear now, so the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, immediately, directly, lest he should forget it, having perhaps dreamt it the night before; though our version expresses more modesty and submission. The dream follows:

Genesis 37:6 In-Context

4 When Joseph's brothers saw that their father loved him more than he loved them, they hated their brother and could not speak to him politely.

5 One time Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.

6 Joseph said, "Listen to the dream I had.

7 We were in the field tying bundles of wheat together. My bundle stood up, and your bundles of wheat gathered around it and bowed down to it."

8 His brothers said, "Do you really think you will be king over us? Do you truly think you will rule over us?" His brothers hated him even more because of his dreams and what he had said.