Genesis 37:9
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.
KJV
Aliud quoque vidit somnium, quod narrans fratribus, ait : Vidi per somnium, quasi solem, et lunam, et stellas undecim adorare me.
Vulgate
ἴδεν δὲ ἐνύπνιον ἕτερον, καὶ διηγήσατο αὐτὸ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἶπεν Ἰδοὺ ἐνυπνιάσθην ἐνύπνιον ἕτερον· ὥσπερ ὁ ἥλιος καὶ ἡ σελήνη καὶ ἕνδεκα ἀστέρες προσεκύνουν με.
LXX
And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed yet a dream; and, behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me.
ASV
וַ/יַּחֲלֹ֥ם עוֹד֙ חֲל֣וֹם אַחֵ֔ר וַ/יְסַפֵּ֥ר אֹת֖/וֹ לְ/אֶחָ֑י/ו וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּ֨ה חָלַ֤מְתִּֽי חֲלוֹם֙ ע֔וֹד וְ/הִנֵּ֧ה הַ/שֶּׁ֣מֶשׁ וְ/הַ/יָּרֵ֗חַ וְ/אַחַ֤ד עָשָׂר֙ כּֽוֹכָבִ֔ים מִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֖ים לִֽ/י
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Prophecy
Historic Christian voices
3 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
- Acts 7:9 — And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
- Dan 8:10 — And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
- 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 37:7 — 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.