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Genesis 37:6

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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:

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Genesis 37:6 In-Context

4 But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully to him.
5 Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even more.
6 He said to them, “Hear this dream that I have dreamed:
7 Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright. And behold, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf. ”
8 His brothers said to him, “Are you indeed to reign over us? Or are you indeed to rule over us? ” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025

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