THE DREAMS OF JOSEPH

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Dreams in ancient times were much attended to, and hence the dream of Joseph, though but a mere boy, engaged the serious consideration of his family.

But this dream was evidently symbolical.

The meaning was easily discerned, and, from its being repeated under different emblems, the fulfilment was considered certain (compare Genesis 41:32), whence it was that “his brethren envied him, but his father observed the saying” [Genesis 37:11 ].

Genesis 37:5-11 KJV

[5] And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

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

[7] For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

[8] And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

[9] And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

[10] And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

[11] And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

Genesis 37:5 KJV

And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

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Genesis 37:6 KJV

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

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Genesis 37:7 KJV

For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

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Genesis 37:8 KJV

And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

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Genesis 37:9 KJV

And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

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Genesis 37:10 KJV

And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

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Genesis 37:11 KJV

And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

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