Genesis 37:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then he had another dream, and gave his brothers an account of it, saying, I have had another dream: the sun and the moon and eleven stars gave honour to me.

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  • Acts 7:9-9 : 9 And the brothers, moved with envy against Joseph, gave him to the Egyptians for money: but God was with him, 10 And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house. 11 Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food. 12 But Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent out our fathers the first time. 13 And the second time his brothers had a meeting with Joseph, and Pharaoh had knowledge of Joseph's family. 14 Then Joseph sent for Jacob his father and all his family, seventy-five persons.
  • Phil 2:15 : 15 So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
  • Gen 37:7 : 7 We were in the field, getting the grain stems together, and my grain kept upright, and yours came round and went down on the earth before mine.
  • Gen 37:10 : 10 And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?
  • Gen 41:25 : 25 Then Joseph said, These two dreams have the same sense: God has made clear to Pharaoh what he is about to do.
  • Gen 41:32 : 32 And this dream came to Pharaoh twice, because this thing is certain, and God will quickly make it come about.
  • Gen 43:28 : 28 Then, lifting up his eyes, he saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother's son, and he said, Is this your youngest brother of whom you gave me word? And he said, God be good to you, my son.
  • Gen 44:14 : 14 So Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house; and he was still there: and they went down on their faces before him.
  • Gen 44:19 : 19 My lord said to his servants, Have you a father or a brother?
  • Gen 45:9 : 9 Now go quickly to my father, and say to him, Your son Joseph says, God has made me ruler over all the land of Egypt: come down to me straight away:
  • Gen 46:29 : 29 And Joseph got his carriage ready and went to Goshen for the meeting with his father; and when he came before him, he put his arms round his neck, weeping.
  • Gen 47:12 : 12 And Joseph took care of his father and his brothers and all his father's people, giving them food for the needs of their families.
  • Gen 50:15-21 : 15 Now after the death of their father, Joseph's brothers said to themselves, It may be that Joseph's heart will be turned against us, and he will give us punishment for all the evil which we did to him. 16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying, Your father, before his death, gave us orders, saying, 17 You are to say to Joseph, Let the wrongdoing of your brothers be overlooked, and the evil they did to you: now, if it is your pleasure, let the sin of the servants of your father's God have forgiveness. And at these words, Joseph was overcome with weeping. 18 Then his brothers went, and falling at his feet, said, Truly, we are your servants. 19 And Joseph said, Have no fear: am I in the place of God? 20 As for you, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God has given a happy outcome, the salvation of numbers of people, as you see today. 21 So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with kind words.
  • Dan 8:10 : 10 And it became great, even as high as the army of heaven, pulling down some of the army, even of the stars, to the earth and crushing them under its feet.

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    10 And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?

    11 And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.

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    3 Now the love which Israel had for Joseph was greater than his love for all his other children, because he got him when he was an old man: and he had a long coat made for him.

    4 And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.

    5 Now Joseph had a dream, and he gave his brothers an account of it, which made their hate greater than ever.

    6 And he said to them, Let me give you the story of my dream.

    7 We were in the field, getting the grain stems together, and my grain kept upright, and yours came round and went down on the earth before mine.

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    5 But he went to sleep again and had a second dream, in which he saw seven heads of grain, full and good, all on one stem.

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    13 And the second time his brothers had a meeting with Joseph, and Pharaoh had knowledge of Joseph's family.