KJV King James Version
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 37:7
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”
WEB World English Bible
for 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.”
ASV American Standard Version
for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves came round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
that, lo, we are binding bundles in the midst of the field, and lo, my bundle hath arisen, and hath also stood up, and lo, your bundles are round about, and bow themselves to my bundle.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 37
4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
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?
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְ֠הִנֵּהH2009 · hin.nehbeholdאֲנַ֜חְנוּH587 · a.nach.nuweמְאַלְּמִ֤יםH481 · a.lambe dumbאֲלֻמִּים֙H485 · a.lum.mahsheafבְּת֣וֹךְH8432 · ta.vekhmidstהַשָּׂדֶ֔הH7704 · sa.daySirionוְהִנֵּ֛הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdקָ֥מָהH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiאֲלֻמָּתִ֖יH485 · a.lum.mahsheafוְגַם־H1571 · gamalsoנִצָּ֑בָהH5324 · na.tsavto standוְהִנֵּ֤הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdתְסֻבֶּ֙ינָה֙H5437 · sa.vavto turn: turnאֲלֻמֹּ֣תֵיכֶ֔םH485 · a.lum.mahsheafוַתִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖יןָH7812 · sha.chahto bowלַאֲלֻמָּתִֽי׃H485 · a.lum.mahsheaf
Cross-references
Genesis 44:14And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; for he [was] yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.Genesis 42:6And Joseph [was] the governor over the land, [and] he [it was] that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him [with] their faces to the earth.Genesis 43:26And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which [was] in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.Genesis 42:9And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye [are] spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.Genesis 44:19My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?Colossians 1:18And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he might have the preeminence.Philippians 2:10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth;
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