Génesis 37:7

7 Resulta que estábamos todos nosotros en el campo atando gavillas. De pronto, mi gavilla se levantó y quedó erguida, mientras que las de ustedes se juntaron alrededor de la mía y le hicieron reverencias.

Génesis 37:7 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 37:7

For, behold, we [were] binding sheaves in the field
So it was represented in his mind in a dream, as if it was harvest time, and he and his brethren were at work together in the field binding up sheaves of corn that were reaped, in order to be carried home:

and, lo, my sheaf arose, and stood upright;
it seemed to him, that after he had bound and laid it on the ground, that it rose up of itself, and stood erect:

and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my
sheaf;
the sheaves which his brethren bound up, they also stood upright, and all around his sheaf, and bowed unto it; so it appeared to him in his dream. This was a fit emblem of their coming to him into Egypt for corn, and bowing to him, when their sheaves were empty, and his was full. In an ancient book of the Jews ^F8 Joseph's sheaf is interpreted of the Messiah, whom they call the son of Ephraim. Joseph no doubt was a type of the true Messiah, and in this of his exaltation and glory, and of that honour given him by all his saints who come to him, and receive from him all the supplies of grace.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Raya Mehimna in Zohar in Gen. fol. 87. 2.

Génesis 37:7 In-Context

5 Cierto día José tuvo un sueño y, cuando se lo contó a sus hermanos, estos le tuvieron más odio todavía,

6 pues les dijo:—Préstenme atención, que les voy a contar lo que he soñado.

7 Resulta que estábamos todos nosotros en el campo atando gavillas. De pronto, mi gavilla se levantó y quedó erguida, mientras que las de ustedes se juntaron alrededor de la mía y le hicieron reverencias.

8 Sus hermanos replicaron:—¿De veras crees que vas a reinar sobre nosotros, y que nos vas a someter?Y lo odiaron aún más por los sueños que él les contaba.

9 Después José tuvo otro sueño, y se lo contó a sus hermanos. Les dijo:—Tuve otro sueño, en el que veía que el sol, la luna y once estrellas me hacían reverencias.