Genesis 37:5-11

English Standard Version

⁵Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even more. ⁶He said to them, “Hear this dream that I have dreamed: ⁷Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, ^(A)my sheaf arose and stood upright. And behold, your sheaves gathered around it and ^(B)bowed down to my sheaf.” ⁸His 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.

⁹Then he dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers and said, “Behold, I have dreamed another dream. Behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.” ¹⁰But when he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and ^(C)your mother and your brothers indeed come ^(D)to bow ourselves to the ground before you?” ¹¹And ^(E)his brothers were jealous of him, ^(F)but his father kept the saying in mind.

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Genesis 37:5-11

New King James Version

⁵Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more. ⁶So he said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed: ⁷^(A)There we were, binding sheaves in the field. Then behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and indeed your sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my sheaf.”

⁸And his brothers said to him, “Shall you indeed reign over us? Or shall you indeed have dominion over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

⁹Then he dreamed still another dream and told it to his brothers, and said, “Look, I have dreamed another dream. And this time, ^(B)the sun, the moon, and the eleven stars bowed down to me.”

¹⁰So he told it to his father and his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall your mother and I and ^(C)your brothers indeed come to bow down to the earth before you?” ¹¹And ^(D)his brothers envied him, but his father ^(E)kept the matter in mind.

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Genesis 37:5-11

New International Version

⁵Joseph had a dream,^(A) and when he told it to his brothers,^(B) they hated him all the more.^(C) ⁶He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had: ⁷We were binding sheaves^(D) 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.”^(E)

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

⁹Then he had another dream,^(H) and he told it to his brothers. “Listen,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars^(I) were bowing down to me.”^(J)

¹⁰When he told his father as well as his brothers,^(K) his father rebuked^(L) 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?”^(M) ¹¹His brothers were jealous of him,^(N) but his father kept the matter in mind.^(O)