Genesis 37:5-10 ▼

5 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!

6 |Let me tell you about this dream that I had!| he said.

7 |We were tying sheaves together out in the middle of the fields, when all of a sudden, my sheaf stood up erect! And then your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf!|

8 At this, his brothers replied, |Do you really think you're going to rule us or lord it over us?| So they hated him even more because of his dreams and his interpretations of them.

9 But then he had another dream, and he proceeded to tell his brothers about that one, too. |I had another dream,| he said. |The sun, moon, and eleven of the stars were bowing down before me!|

10 When Joseph told his father about this, his father rebuked him and asked him, |What kind of dream is that? Will I, your mother, and your brothers really come to you and bow down to the ground in front of you?|