Then they said to one another, “Look, this dreamer is coming!
Parallel translations
- WEB They said to one another, “Behold, this dreamer comes.
- KJV And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
- BSB “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.
- NASB They said to one another, “Here comes this dreamer!
- NLT “Here comes the dreamer!” they said.
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Quick answer
The brothers mock Joseph as 'this dreamer' as he approaches. Their scorn reveals their contempt for his God-given dreams.
Overview
Sneering 'this dreamer comes,' the brothers express their bitter contempt for Joseph and his visions of exaltation. Their mockery targets the very dreams that revealed God's plan, which they hoped to thwart by killing him. Yet their attempt to destroy the dreamer would become the means by which the dreams came true.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Gen 28:12He dreamed. Behold, a stairway set upon the earth, and its top reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
- Gen 37:5Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.
- Gen 49:23The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecute him:
- Gen 37:11His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.
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