Joseph's Dreams

Genesis 37

1 Now Jacob dwelt in the land a where his father was a 1 stranger, in the land of Canaan.

2 This is the history of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. And the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph brought b a bad report of them to his father. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was c the son of his old age. Also he d made him a tunic of many colors. 4 But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they e hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.

5 Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more. 6 So he said to them, "Please hear this dream which I have dreamed: 7 f "There we were, binding sheaves in the field. Then behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and indeed your sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my sheaf." 8 And his brothers said to him, "Shall you indeed reign over us? Or shall you indeed have dominion over us?" So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

9 Then he dreamed still another dream and told it to his brothers, and said, "Look, I have dreamed another dream. And this time, g the sun, the moon, and the eleven stars bowed down to me." 10 So he told it to his father and his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall your mother and I and h your brothers indeed come to bow down to the earth before you?" 11 And i his brothers envied him, but his father j kept the matter in mind.

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 17:8
    "Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God."
    Genesis 23:4
    "I am a foreigner and a visitor among you. Give me property for a burial place among you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."
    Genesis 28:4
    And give you the blessing of Abraham, To you and your descendants with you, That you may inherit the land In which you are a stranger, Which God gave to Abraham.
    Genesis 36:7
    For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together, and the land where they were strangers could not support them because of their livestock.
    Hebrews 11:9
    By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 35:25
    The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant, were Dan and Naphtali.
    Genesis 35:26
    And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maidservant, were Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Padan Aram.
    1 Samuel 2:22 - 24
    Now Eli was very old; and he heard everything his sons did to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 44:20
    "And we said to my lord, 'We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, who is young; his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother's children, and his father loves him.'
  4. Cross References
    Genesis 37:23
    So it came to pass, when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him.
    Genesis 37:32
    Then they sent the tunic of many colors, and they brought it to their father and said, "We have found this. Do you know whether it is your son's tunic or not?
    Judges 5:30
    'Are they not finding and dividing the spoil: To every man a girl or two; For Sisera, plunder of dyed garments, Plunder of garments embroidered and dyed, Two pieces of dyed embroidery for the neck of the looter?'
    1 Samuel 2:19
    Moreover his mother used to make him a little robe, and bring it to him year by year when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
  5. Cross References
    Genesis 27:41
    So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.
    Genesis 49:23
    The archers have bitterly grieved him, Shot at him and hated him.
    1 Samuel 17:28
    Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger was aroused against David, and he said, "Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the insolence of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.
    John 15:18 - 20
    If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you.
  6. Cross References
    Genesis 42:6
    Now Joseph was governor over the land; and it was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the earth.
    Genesis 42:9
    Then Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed about them, and said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land!
    Genesis 43:26
    And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down before him to the earth.
    Genesis 44:14
    So Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, and he was still there; and they fell before him on the ground.
  7. Cross References
    Genesis 46:29
    So Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; and he presented himself to him, and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while.
    Genesis 47:25
    So they said, "You have saved our lives; let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
  8. Cross References
    Genesis 27:29
    Let peoples serve you, And nations bow down to you. Be master over your brethren, And let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, And blessed be those who bless you!
  9. Cross References
    Matthew 27:17
    Therefore, when they had gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?
    Matthew 27:18
    For he knew that they had handed Him over because of envy.
    Acts 7:9
    And the patriarchs, becoming envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him
  10. Cross References
    Daniel 7:28
    "This is the end of the account. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts greatly troubled me, and my countenance changed; but I kept the matter in my heart."
    Luke 2:19
    But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.
    Luke 2:51
    Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them, but His mother kept all these things in her heart.
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