KJV King James Version
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 37:9
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
WEB World English Bible
He 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.”
ASV American Standard Version
And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed yet a dream: and, behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he dreameth yet another dream, and recounteth it to his brethren, and saith, ‘Lo, I have dreamed a dream again, and lo, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars, are bowing themselves to me.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 37
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.
12 And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיַּחֲלֹ֥םH2492 · cha.lambe healthyעוֹד֙H5750 · odstillחֲל֣וֹםH2472 · cha.lomdreamאַחֵ֔רH312 · a.cheranotherוַיְסַפֵּ֥רH5608 · sa.pharto recountאֹת֖וֹH853 · et[Obj.]לְאֶחָ֑יוH251 · achbrother: male-siblingוַיֹּ֗אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayהִנֵּ֨הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdחָלַ֤מְתִּֽיH2492 · cha.lambe healthyחֲלוֹם֙H2472 · cha.lomdreamע֔וֹדH5750 · odstillוְהִנֵּ֧הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdהַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁH8121 · she.meshsunוְהַיָּרֵ֗חַH3394 · ya.re.achmoonוְאַחַ֤דH259 · e.chadoneעָשָׂר֙H6240 · a.sartenכּֽוֹכָבִ֔יםH3556 · ko.khavstarמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֖יםH7812 · sha.chahto bowלִֽי׃H9030 · nime
Cross-references
Acts 7:9-14And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,Genesis 37:7For, 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.Genesis 46:29And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.Daniel 8:10And it waxed great, [even] to the host of heaven; and it cast down [some] of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.Genesis 47:12And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to [their] families.Genesis 41:25And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh [is] one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he [is] about to do.Genesis 50:15-21And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.Genesis 43:28And they answered, Thy servant our father [is] in good health, he [is] yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.Genesis 44:19My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?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 37:10And 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?Philippians 2:15That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;Genesis 45:9Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:Genesis 41:32And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; [it is] because the thing [is] established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
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