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4 But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
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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 Once Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
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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 that I dreamed.
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He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:
7 There we were, binding sheaves in the field. Suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright; then your sheaves gathered around it, and bowed down to my sheaf."
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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, "Are you indeed to reign over us? Are you indeed to have dominion over us?" So they hated him even more because of his dreams and his words.
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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.
9 He had another dream, and told it to his brothers, saying, "Look, I have had another dream: the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me."
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Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. “Listen,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
10 But when he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him, and said to him, "What kind of dream is this that you have had? Shall we indeed come, I and your mother and your brothers, and bow to the ground before you?"
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When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”
11 So his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
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His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
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