10 Then he told it unto his father and to his brethren, and his father [a]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?

11 And his brethren envied him, but his father [b][c]noted the saying.

12 ¶ Then his brethren went to keep their father’s sheep in Shechem.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 37:10 Not despising the vision, but seeking to appease his brethren.
  2. Genesis 37:11 Or, kept diligently.
  3. Genesis 37:11 He knew that God was author of the dream, but he understood not the meaning.

10 When he told his father as well as his brothers,(A) his father rebuked(B) him and said, “What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”(C) 11 His brothers were jealous of him,(D) but his father kept the matter in mind.(E)

Joseph Sold by His Brothers

12 Now his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,(F)

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