New International Version (© 2011)
We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it."King James Bible
For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.American Standard Version
for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves came round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.Young's Literal Translation
that, lo, we are binding bundles in the midst of the field, and lo, my bundle hath arisen, and hath also stood up, and lo, your bundles are round about, and bow themselves to my bundle.'Genesis 37:7 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleWe were binding sheaves in the field - Though in these early times we read little of tillage, yet it is evident from this circumstance that it was practiced by Jacob and his sons. The whole of this dream is so very plain as to require no comment, unless we could suppose that the sheaves of grain might have some reference to the plenty in Egypt under Joseph's superintendence, and the scarcity in Canaan, which obliged the brethren to go down to Egypt for corn, where the dream was most literally fulfilled, his brethren there bowing in the most abject manner before him. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge your sheaves. Genesis 42:6,9 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brothers came... Genesis 43:26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house... Genesis 44:14,19 And Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground... obeisance. Philippians 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; Colossians 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead... Genesis 37:7 Parallel Commentaries
Arisen Binding Bow Bowed Bundle Bundles Erect Field Fields Gathered Getting Grain Kept Midst Obeisance Rose Round Sheaf Sheaves Stems Stood Suddenly Themselves Together UprightArisen Binding Bow Bowed Bundle Bundles Erect Field Fields Gathered Getting Grain Kept Midst Obeisance Rose Round Sheaf Sheaves Stems Stood Suddenly Themselves Together UprightTHE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®.Genesis 37:7 Mobile Bible
Genesis 37:7 Bible Suite
Genesis 37:7 Biblia Paralela
Genesis 37:7 Chinese Bible
Bible Apps
Bible Hub
|  | 
Genesis 27:29 May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed and those who bless you be blessed."
Genesis 37:6 He said to them, "Listen to this dream I had:
Genesis 42:6 Now Joseph was the governor of the land, the person who sold grain to all its people. So when Joseph's brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.
Genesis 42:9 Then he remembered his dreams about them and said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see where our land is unprotected."
Genesis 43:26 When Joseph came home, they presented to him the gifts they had brought into the house, and they bowed down before him to the ground.
Genesis 43:28 They replied, "Your servant our father is still alive and well." And they bowed down, prostrating themselves before him.
Genesis 44:14 Joseph was still in the house when Judah and his brothers came in, and they threw themselves to the ground before him.
|
