Genesis 37:3
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Gen 37:3
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Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a (Or {full-length robe}) varicolored tunic.
Gen 37:4
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His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers; and {so} they hated him and could not speak to him (Lit {in peace}) on friendly terms.
Gen 37:5
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Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
Gen 37:6
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He said to them, "Please listen to this dream which I have had;
Gen 37:7
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for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf rose up and also stood erect; and behold, your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to my sheaf."
Gen 37:8
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Then his brothers said to him, "Are you actually going to reign over us? Or are you really going to rule over us?" So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.
Gen 37:9
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Now he had still another dream, and related it to his brothers, and said, "Lo, I have had still another dream; and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me."
Gen 37:10
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He related {it} to his father and to his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, "What is this dream that you have had? Shall I and your mother and your brothers actually come to bow ourselves down before you to the ground?"
Gen 37:11
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His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying {in mind.}
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