He said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:
Parallel translations
- KJV And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
- BSB He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:
- NKJV So he said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:
- NASB He said to them, “Please listen to this dream which I have had;
- NLT “Listen to this dream,” he said.
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Quick answer
Joseph invites his brothers to hear the dream he has had. This sets up the revelation that provokes their anger.
Overview
Joseph asks his brothers to listen to his dream, introducing the prophetic vision that follows. His openness, perhaps youthful and unguarded, becomes an occasion for deeper division. Yet the dream itself carries God's word about the future, showing that even imperfectly handled, God's revelation accomplishes His will.
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Cross-references · 2
- Gen 44:18Then Judah came near to him, and said, “Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and don’t let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.
- Judg 9:7When they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, cried out, and said to them, “Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.
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