Genesis 37:5

World English Bible (2000)

Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.

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  • Gen 28:12 : 12 He dreamed. Behold, a stairway set upon the earth, and its top reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
  • Dan 4:5 : 5 I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
  • Joel 2:28 : 28 "It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.
  • Amos 3:7 : 7 Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.
  • John 17:14 : 14 I have given them your word. The world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
  • Gen 42:9 : 9 Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land."
  • Gen 49:23 : 23 The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecute him:
  • Num 12:6 : 6 He said, "Hear now my words. If there is a prophet among you, I Yahweh will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream.
  • Judg 7:13-14 : 13 When Gideon had come, behold, there was a man telling a dream to his fellow; and he said, "Behold, I dreamed a dream; and behold, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came to the tent, and struck it so that it fell, and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat." 14 His fellow answered, "This is nothing other than the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel. God has delivered Midian into his hand, with all the army."
  • 1 Kgs 3:5 : 5 In Gibeon Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, "Ask what I shall give you."
  • Ps 25:14 : 14 The friendship of Yahweh is with those who fear him. He will show them his covenant.
  • Gen 37:4 : 4 His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn't speak peaceably to him.
  • Gen 37:8 : 8 His brothers said to him, "Will you indeed reign over us? Or will you indeed have dominion over us?" They hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words.
  • Gen 40:5 : 5 They both dreamed a dream, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison.
  • Gen 41:1 : 1 It happened at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and behold, he stood by the river.
  • Dan 2:1 : 1 In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.

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  • Gen 37:2-4
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    2This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.

    3Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a coat of many colors.

    4His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn't speak peaceably to him.

  • Gen 37:6-12
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    6He said to them, "Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:

    7for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf."

    8His brothers said to him, "Will you indeed reign over us? Or will you indeed have dominion over us?" They hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words.

    9He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, "Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me."

    10He 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? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to you to the earth?"

    11His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.

    12His brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

  • Gen 37:17-20
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    17The man said, "They have left here, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.

    18They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.

    19They said one to another, "Behold, this dreamer comes.

    20Come now therefore, and let's kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, 'An evil animal has devoured him.' We will see what will become of his dreams."

  • Gen 50:15
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    15When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully pay us back for all of the evil which we did to him."

  • Gen 37:23
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    23It happened, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;

  • Gen 42:7-9
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    7Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, "Where did you come from?" They said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."

    8Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn't recognize him.

    9Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land."

  • Gen 45:3-4
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    3Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Does my father still live?" His brothers couldn't answer him; for they were terrified at his presence.

    4Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please." They came near. "He said, I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

  • Gen 37:27
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    27Come, and let's sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh." His brothers listened to him.

  • Gen 41:15
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    15Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it."

  • Gen 45:15
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    15He kissed all his brothers, and wept on them. After that his brothers talked with him.

  • Gen 40:8
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    8They said to him, "We have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it." Joseph said to them, "Don't interpretations belong to God? Please tell it to me."

  • Gen 37:31
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    31They took Joseph's coat, and killed a male goat, and dipped the coat in the blood.

  • Gen 39:19
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    19It happened, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, "This is what your servant did to me," that his wrath was kindled.

  • Acts 7:9
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    9"The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him,

  • Gen 50:17
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    17'You shall tell Joseph, "Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you."' Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke to him.