Genesis 37:10

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When he told his father and his brothers, his father rebuked him, saying,“What is this dream that you had? Will I, your mother, and your brothers really come and bow down to you?”

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 27:29 : 29 May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. You will be lord over your brothers, and the sons of your mother will bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”
  • Gen 37:7 : 7 There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the middle of the field. Suddenly my sheaf rose up and stood upright and your sheaves surrounded my sheaf and bowed down to it!”
  • Isa 60:14 : 14 The children of your oppressors will come bowing to you; all who treated you with disrespect will bow down at your feet. They will call you,‘The City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.’
  • Phil 2:10-11 : 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow– in heaven and on earth and under the earth– 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.

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  • Gen 37:4-9
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    4When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated Joseph and were not able to speak to him kindly.

    5Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.

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

    7There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the middle of the field. Suddenly my sheaf rose up and stood upright and your sheaves surrounded my sheaf and bowed down to it!”

    8Then his brothers asked him,“Do you really think you will rule over us or have dominion over us?” They hated him even more because of his dream and because of what he said.

    9Then he had another dream, and told it to his brothers.“Look,” he said.“I had another dream. The sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

  • Gen 37:11-12
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    11His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what Joseph said.

    12When his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,

  • Gen 37:18-20
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    18Now Joseph’s brothers saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

    19They said to one another,“Here comes this master of dreams!

    20Come now, let’s kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild animal ate him. Then we’ll see how his dreams turn out!”

  • Gen 48:19
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    19But his father refused and said,“I know, my son, I know. He too will become a nation and he too will become great. In spite of this, his younger brother will be even greater and his descendants will become a multitude of nations.”

  • Gen 47:5
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    5Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Your father and your brothers have come to you.

  • Gen 46:31
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    31Then Joseph said to his brothers and his father’s household,“I will go up and tell Pharaoh,‘My brothers and my father’s household who were in the land of Canaan have come to me.

  • Gen 42:29
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    29They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,

  • Gen 42:6-7
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    6Now Joseph was the ruler of the country, the one who sold grain to all the people of the country. Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

    7When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked,“Where do you come from?” They answered,“From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.”

  • Gen 45:13
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    13So tell my father about all my honor in Egypt and about everything you have seen. But bring my father down here quickly!”

  • Gen 37:2
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    2This is the account of Jacob.Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, was taking care of the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.

  • Gen 45:3-4
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    3Joseph said to his brothers,“I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” His brothers could not answer him because they were dumbfounded before him.

    4Joseph said to his brothers,“Come closer to me,” so they came near. Then he said,“I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

  • Gen 37:27
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    27Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let’s not lay a hand on him, for after all, he is our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers agreed.

  • Gen 43:6-7
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    6Israel said,“Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had one more brother?”

    7They replied,“The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying,‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say,‘Bring your brother down’?”

  • Gen 42:9
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    9Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them,“You are spies; you have come to see if our land is vulnerable!”

  • Gen 50:16-18
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    16So they sent word to Joseph, saying,“Your father gave these instructions before he died:

    17‘Tell Joseph this: Please forgive the sin of your brothers and the wrong they did when they treated you so badly.’ Now please forgive the sin of the servants of the God of your father.” When this message was reported to him, Joseph wept.

    18Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said,“Here we are; we are your slaves.”

  • Gen 37:36
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    36Now in Egypt the Midianites sold Joseph to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard.

  • Gen 40:8
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    8They told him,“We both had dreams, but there is no one to interpret them.” Joseph responded,“Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me.”

  • Gen 41:11
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    11We each had a dream one night; each of us had a dream with its own meaning.

  • Gen 44:14
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    14So Judah and his brothers came back to Joseph’s house. He was still there, and they threw themselves to the ground before him.

  • Gen 37:16
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    16He replied,“I’m looking for my brothers. Please tell me where they are grazing their flocks.”

  • Gen 44:23
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    23But you said to your servants,‘If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.’

  • Gen 45:9
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    9Now go up to my father quickly and tell him,‘This is what your son Joseph says:“God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay!