Génesis 37:7

7 He aquí, estábamos atando gavillas en medio del campo, y he aquí que mi gavilla se levantó y se puso derecha, y entonces vuestras gavillas se ponían alrededor y se inclinaban hacia mi gavilla.

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 Y José tuvo un sueño y cuando lo contó a sus hermanos, ellos lo odiaron aún más.

6 Y él les dijo: Os ruego que escuchéis este sueño que he tenido.

7 He aquí, estábamos atando gavillas en medio del campo, y he aquí que mi gavilla se levantó y se puso derecha, y entonces vuestras gavillas se ponían alrededor y se inclinaban hacia mi gavilla.

8 Y sus hermanos le dijeron: ¿Acaso reinarás sobre nosotros? ¿O acaso te enseñorearás sobre nosotros? Y lo odiaron aún más por causa de sus sueños y de sus palabras.

9 Tuvo aún otro sueño, y lo contó a sus hermanos, diciendo: He aquí, he tenido aún otro sueño; y he aquí, el sol, la luna y once estrellas se inclinaban ante mí.