And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
And they say one unto another, `Lo, this man of the dreams cometh;
And they said one to another, Behold, there comes that dreamer!
Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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And they said one to another,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
Every kind of honour and happiness was bestowed upon you, and then was fulfilled that which is written, "My beloved ate and drank, and was enlarged and became fat, and kicked." [Deuteronomy 32:15] Hence flowed emulation and envy, strife and sedition, persecution and disorder, war and captivity. So the worthless rose up against the honoured, those of no reputation against such as were renowned, the foolish against the wise, the young against those advanced in years.
Clement of Rome· Clement's First Letter to the Corinthians, Chapters 3-4, 99patristic
Behold, this dreamer cometh - בעל החלמות baal hachalomoth, this master of dreams, this master dreamer. A form of speech which conveys great contempt.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
Behold, this dreamer cometh--literally, "master of dreams"--a bitterly ironical sneer. Dreams being considered suggestions from above, to make false pretensions to having received one was detested as a species of blasphemy, and in this light Joseph was regarded by his brethren as an artful pretender.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Genesis 28:12And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.
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Then He declared, “Truly, truly, I tell you, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,
After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
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Genesis 37:5Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
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When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
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And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.
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Genesis 37:11And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
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Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
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Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”
When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.
And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.
and said, “Prophesy to us, Christ! Who hit You?”
The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.
Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”
