Genesis 37:6

6 He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:

Genesis 37:6 in Other Translations

6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

6 He said to them, “Hear this dream that I have dreamed:

6 “Listen to this dream,” he said.

6 He said, "Listen to this dream I had.

6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

6 He said to them, "Please listen to the dream I had.

6 He said to them, "Listen to this dream I had:

6 He said to them, "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 his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.

5 Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.

6 He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:

7 We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.”

8 His brothers said to him, “Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?” And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he had said.