Genesis 37:5 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 37:5

Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But this dream was evidently symbolical. The meaning was easily discerned, and, from its being repeated under different emblems, the fulfilment was considered certain (compare Ge 41:32), whence it was that "his brethren envied him, but his father observed the saying" [Ge 37:11].

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּחֲלֹ֤ם	vai.ya.cha.Lom	and he dreamed	H2492 →
יוֹסֵף֙	yo.Sef	Joseph	H3130 →
חֲל֔וֹם	cha.Lom	a dream	H2472 →
וַיַּגֵּ֖ד	vai.ya.Ged	and he told [it]	H5046 →
לְאֶחָ֑יו	le.'e.Chav	to brothers his	H251 →
וַיּוֹסִ֥פוּ	vai.yo.Si.fu	and they increased	H3254 →
ע֖וֹד	od	again	H5750 →
שְׂנֹ֥א	se.No'	to hate	H8130 →
אֹתֽוֹ׃	'o.To	<obj.> him	H853 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

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.

Through
Genesis 28:12
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.
leads to
- John 1:51
  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.”
- Numbers 12:6
  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.
- Genesis 32:1–2
  Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
- Job 33:15–16
  In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,
Through
John 17:14
I have given them Your word and the world has hated them; for they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
leads to
- John 17:16
  They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
- John 15:18–21
  If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
Through
Numbers 12:6
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.
leads to
- 1 Kings 3:5
  One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
- Genesis 46:2
  And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob.