Then his brethren said to him, What, shalt thou reign over us, and rule us? or shalt thou have altogether dominion over us? And they [a]hated him so much the more, for his dreams, and for his words.

¶ Again he dreamed another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have had one dream more, and behold, the Sun and the Moon and eleven stars did reverence to me.

10 Then he told it unto his father and to his brethren, and his father [b]rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this thy dream, which thou hast dreamed? shall I, and thy mother, and thy brethren come indeed and fall on the ground before thee?

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 37:8 The more that God showed himself favorable to his, the more doth the malice of the wicked rage against them.
  2. Genesis 37:10 Not despising the vision, but seeking to appease his brethren.

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