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Genesis 37:5

And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

KJV

Accidit quoque ut visum somnium referret fratribus suis : quæ causa majoris odii seminarium fuit.

Vulgate

ἐνυπνιασθεὶς δὲ Ἰωσὴφ ἐνύπνιον ἀπήγγειλεν αὐτὸ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ,

LXX

And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

ASV

וַ/יַּחֲלֹ֤ם יוֹסֵף֙ חֲל֔וֹם וַ/יַּגֵּ֖ד לְ/אֶחָ֑י/ו וַ/יּוֹסִ֥פוּ ע֖וֹד שְׂנֹ֥א אֹתֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
ו
v
noun · 629×
חֲל֣וֹם
chlvm
noun · 64×
חָלָֽמְתִּי
chlmty
verb · 30×
י
y
verb · 148×
יַּגֶּד
ygd
verb · 369×
יֹּ֣סֶף
ysp
verb · 208×
יוֹסֵ֖ף
yvsp
proper_noun · 213×
ע֖וֹד
'vd
adverb · 485×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph dreamed a dream. The history of Joseph is one of the most beautiful in Scripture, exhibiting the wonderful providence of God in turning evil into good. Joseph is in many ways a type of Christ: hated by his brethren, sold for silver, condemned though innocent, exalted to supreme authority, and becoming the savior of those who had reject…

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 3:5 — In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
  • Amos 3:7 — Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
  • Dan 2:22 — He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
  • Dan 4:5 — I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
  • Gen 20:3 — But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.
  • Gen 28:12 — 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.
  • Gen 28:12 — 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.
  • Gen 37:4 — 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.
  • Gen 37:4 — 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.
  • Gen 42:9 — And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
  • Joel 2:28 — And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
  • Joel 2:28 — And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
  • John 17:14 — 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.
  • Num 12:6 — And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.