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Genesis 37:5-9

King James Version (KJV)

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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.

Genesis 37:5-9 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Genesis 37:5

Theological / Devotional

Joseph dreamed a dream. The coat implied Jacob’s intention of making Rachel’s older son his heir; now, Joseph’s dream was taken as an expression of his own intentions in the matter. They hated him, not only because of the dream, but also for his boldness in telling them about it (v. 8). Though it is not stated that Joseph’s dreams were of God (chs. 20:3-7; 28:12-15), the subsequent history of his life makes it virtually certain that this was so, and that they were not the reflection of any personal ambition on his part.

Joseph’s dream shows that Jacob did not limit his pursuits to cattle and sheep raising, but was also engaged in agriculture, as his father Isaac had been before him (ch. 26:12). Such activity had been implied in Isaac’s paternal blessing (ch. 27:28).

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