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and they hated him even more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/37.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/37.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/37.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/37.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; so they hated him even more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/37.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him even more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/37.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Joseph had a dream. When he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/37.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Joseph had a dream. When he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/37.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/37.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />One day, Joseph told his brothers what he had dreamed, and they hated him even more. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/37.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/37.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Joseph had a dream and when he told his brothers, they hated him even more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/37.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />One time Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/37.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Right about this time, Joseph had a dream and then told it to his brothers. As a result, his brothers hated him all the more! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/37.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/37.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/37.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/37.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/37.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/37.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Joseph dreams a dream, and declares to his brothers, and they add still more to hate him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/37.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Joseph dreameth a dream, and declareth to his brethren, and they add still more to hate him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/37.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Joseph will dream a dream, and he will announce to his brethren: and they will add yet to hate him.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/37.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Now it fell out also that he told his brethren a dream, that he had dreamed: which occasioned them to hate him the more. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/37.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Then it also happened that he recounted the vision of a dream to his brothers, for which reason a greater hatred began to be nurtured.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/37.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Once Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers, they hated him even more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/37.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Once Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/37.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him yet the more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/37.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Yoseph dreamed a dream and he told it to his brothers and they hated him more.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/37.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren; and they hated him yet the more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/37.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Joseph dreamed a dream, and reported it to his brethren.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/37-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=9350" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/37.htm">Joseph's Dreams</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>When 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. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3130.htm" title="3130: yō·w·sêp̄ (N-proper-ms) -- Future of yacaph; let him add; Joseph, the name of seven Israelites.">Then Joseph</a> <a href="/hebrew/2492.htm" title="2492: way·ya·ḥă·lōm (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To bind firmly, to be, plump, to dream. A primitive root; properly, to bind firmly, i.e. to be plump; also to dream.">had a dream,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2472.htm" title="2472: ḥă·lō·wm (N-ms) -- A dream. Or chalom; from chalam; a dream."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5046.htm" title="5046: way·yag·gêḏ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To be conspicuous. ">and when he told</a> <a href="/hebrew/251.htm" title="251: lə·’e·ḥāw (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 3ms) -- A brother. A primitive word; a brother (like 'ab).">it to his brothers,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8130.htm" title="8130: śə·nō (V-Qal-Inf) -- To hate. A primitive root; to hate.">they hated</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯōw (DirObjM:: 3ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">him</a> <a href="/hebrew/3254.htm" title="3254: way·yō·w·si·p̄ū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To add. A primitive root; to add or augment.">even more.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·wḏ (Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more."></a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/41-1.htm">Genesis 41:1-32</a></span><br />After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile, / when seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds. / After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-9.htm">Acts 7:9-10</a></span><br />Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him / and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/40-8.htm">Genesis 40:8</a></span><br />“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/2-1.htm">Daniel 2:1-3</a></span><br />In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him. / So the king gave orders to summon the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers to explain his dreams. When they came and stood before the king, / he said to them, “I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to understand it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-20.htm">Matthew 1:20</a></span><br />But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/42-9.htm">Genesis 42:9</a></span><br />Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/4-5.htm">Daniel 4:5-9</a></span><br />I had a dream, and it frightened me; while I was in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me. / So I issued a decree that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret the dream for me. / When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it for me. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/2-12.htm">Matthew 2:12-13</a></span><br />And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route. / When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/50-20.htm">Genesis 50:20</a></span><br />As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-28.htm">Joel 2:28</a></span><br />And 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-17.htm">Acts 2:17</a></span><br />‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/45-5.htm">Genesis 45:5-8</a></span><br />And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you. / For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting. / God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/12-6.htm">Numbers 12:6</a></span><br />He 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/16-9.htm">Acts 16:9</a></span><br />During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/28-12.htm">Genesis 28:12</a></span><br />And 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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brothers: and they hated him yet the more.</p><p class="hdg">dreamed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/37-9.htm">Genesis 37:9</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/28-12.htm">Genesis 28:12</a></b></br> And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/40-5.htm">Genesis 40:5</a></b></br> And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which <i>were</i> bound in the prison.</p><p class="hdg">and they.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/37-4.htm">Genesis 37:4,8</a></b></br> And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/49-23.htm">Genesis 49:23</a></b></br> The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot <i>at him</i>, and hated him:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/17-14.htm">John 17:14</a></b></br> I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/36-9.htm">Account</a> <a href="/genesis/30-24.htm">Add</a> <a href="/genesis/29-12.htm">Declareth</a> <a href="/genesis/31-24.htm">Dream</a> <a href="/genesis/28-12.htm">Dreamed</a> <a href="/genesis/28-12.htm">Dreameth</a> <a href="/genesis/37-3.htm">Greater</a> <a href="/genesis/37-4.htm">Hate</a> <a href="/genesis/37-4.htm">Hated</a> <a href="/genesis/37-4.htm">Joseph</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/37-9.htm">Account</a> <a href="/genesis/37-8.htm">Add</a> <a href="/genesis/47-1.htm">Declareth</a> <a href="/genesis/37-6.htm">Dream</a> <a href="/genesis/37-6.htm">Dreamed</a> <a href="/genesis/37-9.htm">Dreameth</a> <a href="/genesis/37-8.htm">Greater</a> <a href="/genesis/37-8.htm">Hate</a> <a href="/genesis/37-8.htm">Hated</a> <a href="/genesis/37-13.htm">Joseph</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 37</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/37-1.htm">Joseph is loved by Jacob, but hated by his brothers.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/37-5.htm">His dreams and the interpretation.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/37-12.htm">Jacob sends him to his brothers, who counsel to slay him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/37-21.htm">At Reuben's desire they cast him into a pit;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/37-25.htm">and afterwards sell him to the Ishmaelites; </a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/37-29.htm">while Ruben grieves at not finding him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/37-31.htm">His coat, covered with blood, is sent to Jacob, who mourns him inordinately.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/37-36.htm">Joseph is brought to Egypt and sold to Potiphar.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/37.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/37.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then Joseph had a dream</b><br>Dreams in the biblical context often serve as a means of divine communication. Joseph's dreams are prophetic, foreshadowing his future rise to power and the eventual bowing of his family before him. Dreams were significant in ancient Near Eastern cultures, often seen as messages from the divine. Joseph's ability to interpret dreams later becomes a key element in his life, paralleling the role of Daniel in the Babylonian court.<p><b>and when he told it to his brothers</b><br>Joseph's decision to share his dream with his brothers reflects his youthful naivety and perhaps a lack of awareness of their growing animosity. In the cultural context, sharing such a dream could be seen as boastful, especially given the implications of his family bowing to him. This act sets the stage for the unfolding family dynamics and tension.<p><b>they hated him even more</b><br>The brothers' hatred is compounded by Joseph's favored status with their father, Jacob, and the special coat he received, symbolizing his father's preference. This hatred is a critical element in the narrative, leading to their betrayal of Joseph. The theme of sibling rivalry is prevalent in Genesis, echoing earlier stories such as Cain and Abel, and Jacob and Esau. This animosity also serves as a backdrop for the eventual reconciliation and redemption narrative, which is a type of Christ's forgiveness and reconciliation with humanity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/joseph.htm">Joseph</a></b><br>The favored son of Jacob, known for his coat of many colors and his prophetic dreams. His dreams play a significant role in his life and the unfolding of God's plan.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/joseph's_brothers.htm">Joseph's Brothers</a></b><br>The sons of Jacob who become envious and hostile towards Joseph, partly due to his dreams and their father's favoritism.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob (Israel)</a></b><br>The father of Joseph and his brothers, who shows favoritism towards Joseph, exacerbating the tension within the family.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/d/dream.htm">Dream</a></b><br>A significant event in Joseph's life, symbolizing God's communication and future plans for him. Dreams in the Bible often serve as divine messages.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/h/hatred.htm">Hatred</a></b><br>The growing animosity of Joseph's brothers towards him, which sets the stage for future events in Joseph's life, including his eventual sale into slavery.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_dreams.htm">God's Sovereignty in Dreams</a></b><br>God often uses dreams to reveal His plans and purposes. We should be attentive to how God might communicate with us, though we must discern and test such revelations against Scripture.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_dangers_of_favoritism.htm">The Dangers of Favoritism</a></b><br>Jacob's favoritism towards Joseph sowed discord among his sons. We must strive for fairness and love in our relationships to prevent envy and strife.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/responding_to_envy_and_hatred.htm">Responding to Envy and Hatred</a></b><br>Joseph's brothers' hatred serves as a warning against allowing jealousy to take root in our hearts. We should seek to cultivate love and forgiveness instead.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_purpose_in_adversity.htm">God's Purpose in Adversity</a></b><br>Despite the hatred and betrayal Joseph faced, God used these circumstances to fulfill His greater plan. We can trust that God is at work even in our trials.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_37.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 37</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_lucid_dreaming.htm">What is the Bible's view on lucid dreaming?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_these_dreams_reflect_ancient_beliefs.htm">(Genesis 37:5–10) Do these dreams realistically align with ancient cultural beliefs, or do they suggest later embellishments inserted into the text? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_hebrew_slaves_rising_in_egypt.htm">Genesis 44:14–17 paints Joseph as fully in control of the situation; is there any external evidence of a Hebrew slave rising to such high-ranking authority in ancient Egypt so quickly? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_was_joseph_imprisoned_in_egypt.htm">Why was Joseph imprisoned in Egypt?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/37.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">Joseph dreamed a dream.</span>--Though dreams as a rule do but arise from the mind being wearied with overmuch business (<a href="/ecclesiastes/5-3.htm" title="For a dream comes through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.">Ecclesiastes 5:3</a>), or other trivial causes; yet as being from time to time used by God for providential purposes, they are occasionally described as a lower kind of prophecy (<a href="/context/numbers/12-6.htm" title="And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known to him in a vision, and will speak to him in a dream.">Numbers 12:6-8</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/13-1.htm" title="If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you a sign or a wonder,">Deuteronomy 13:1</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/28-15.htm" title="And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answers me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I shall do.">1Samuel 28:15</a>). In the life of Joseph they form the turning point in his history, and it is to be noticed that while revelations were frequently made to Jacob, we have henceforward no record of any such direct communication from God to man until the time of Moses. The utmost granted to Joseph was to dream dreams; and after this the children of Israel in Egypt were left entirely to natural laws and influences. (Comp. Note on <a href="/genesis/26-2.htm" title="And the LORD appeared to him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell you of:">Genesis 26:2</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/37.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And Joseph dreamed a dream</span> (in which, though, as the sequel shows, intended as a Divine communication, there was nothing to distinguish it from an ordinary product of the mind), <span class="cmt_word">and he told it to his brethren</span>: - not in pride, since there is no reason to suppose that Joseph as yet understood the celestial origin of his dream but in the simplicity of his heart (Kalisch, Murphy), though in doing so he was also guided, unconsciously it may be, but still really, by an overruling providence, who made use of this very telling of the dream as a step towards its fulfillment (Lawson) - <span class="cmt_word">and they hated him yet the more</span> - literally, and <span class="accented">they added again to hate him</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/37-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then Joseph</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹסֵף֙</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·sêp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3130.htm">Strong's 3130: </a> </span><span class="str2">Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had a dream,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּחֲלֹ֤ם</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·ḥă·lōm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2492.htm">Strong's 2492: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bind firmly, to be, plump, to dream</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and when he told</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּגֵּ֖ד</span> <span class="translit">(way·yag·gêḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5046.htm">Strong's 5046: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be conspicuous</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it to his brothers,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְאֶחָ֑יו</span> <span class="translit">(lə·’e·ḥāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_251.htm">Strong's 251: </a> </span><span class="str2">A brother, )</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they hated</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׂנֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(śə·nō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8130.htm">Strong's 8130: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">him</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹתֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all the more.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיּוֹסִ֥פוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·w·si·p̄ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3254.htm">Strong's 3254: </a> </span><span class="str2">To add, augment</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/37-5.htm">Genesis 37:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/37-5.htm">Genesis 37:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/37-5.htm">Genesis 37:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/37-5.htm">Genesis 37:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/37-5.htm">Genesis 37:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/37-5.htm">Genesis 37:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/37-5.htm">Genesis 37:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/37-5.htm">Genesis 37:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/37-5.htm">Genesis 37:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/37-5.htm">Genesis 37:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/37-5.htm">OT Law: Genesis 37:5 Joseph dreamed a dream and he told (Gen. 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