Genesis 37:9 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 37:9

Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He dreamed yet another dream - This is as clear as the preceding. But how could Jacob say, Shall I and thy mother, etc., when Rachel his mother was dead some time before this? Perhaps Jacob might hint, by this explanation, the impossibility of such a dream being fulfilled, because one of the persons who should be a chief actor in it was already dead. But any one wife or concubine of Jacob was quite sufficient to fulfill this part of the dream.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּחֲלֹ֥ם	vai.ya.cha.Lom	and he dreamed	H2492 →
עוֹד֙	'Od	again	H5750 →
חֲל֣וֹם	cha.Lom	a dream	H2472 →
אַחֵ֔ר	'a.Cher	another	H312 →
וַיְסַפֵּ֥ר	vay.sa.Per	and he recounted	H5608 →
אֹת֖וֹ	'o.To	<obj.> it	H853 →
לְאֶחָ֑יו	le.'e.Chav	to brothers his	H251 →
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
הִנֵּ֨ה	hi.Neh	here!	H2009 →
חָלַ֤מְתִּֽי	cha.Lam.ti	I have dreamed	H2492 →
חֲלוֹם֙	cha.lOm	a dream	H2472 →
ע֔וֹד	od	again	H5750 →
וְהִנֵּ֧ה	ve.hi.Neh	and there!	H2009 →
הַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁ	ha.She.mesh	the sun	H8121 →
וְהַיָּרֵ֗חַ	ve.hai.ya.Re.ach	and the moon	H3394 →
וְאַחַ֤ד	ve.'a.Chad	and one [plus]	H259 →
עָשָׂר֙	'a.Sar	ten	H6240 →
כּֽוֹכָבִ֔ים	ko.kha.Vim	stars	H3556 →
מִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֖ים	mish.ta.cha.Vim	[were] bowing down	H7812 →
לִֽי׃	Li	to <the> me

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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 37:7
We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”
leads to
- Genesis 43:26
  When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 42:6
  Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the…
- Genesis 44:14
  When Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph’s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.
- Genesis 42:9
  Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
Through
Daniel 8:10
It grew as high as the host of heaven, and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the earth, and trampled them.
leads to
- Isaiah 14:13
  You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of…
- Revelation 12:4
  His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, tossing them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child…
Through
Genesis 46:29
Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.
leads to
- Luke 15:20
  So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and…
Through
Genesis 43:28
“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
leads to
- Genesis 37:7
  We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”