Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
Parallel translations
- WEB Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.
- KJV And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
- NKJV Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more.
- NASB Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
- NLT One night Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him more than ever.
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Joseph had a dream and told it to his brothers, who hated him even more. His dreams intensified the family conflict.
Overview
Joseph's first dream, which he shared openly, only inflamed his brothers' hatred. These dreams were not mere fancy but God-given revelations of His future plan to exalt Joseph. The brothers' rage against the dream and the dreamer mirrors humanity's resistance to God's purposes, which He nonetheless brings to pass.
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- Gen 28:12And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.
- Gen 42:9Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
- Dan 4:5I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.
- John 17:14I have given them Your word and the world has hated them; for they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
- Num 12:6He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
- Gen 37:4When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
- Amos 3:7Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.
- Joel 2:28And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
- 1 Kgs 3:5One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
- Ps 25:14The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
- Gen 41:1After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,
- Gen 37:8“Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.
- Gen 49:23The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.
- Judg 7:13–14And as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream,” he said, “and I saw a loaf of barley bread come tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned and collapsed.”
- Dan 2:1In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.
- Gen 40:5both of these men—the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison—had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.
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