But one night, God spoke to Abimelech in a dream. God said, “You will die. That woman you took is married.”
Genesis 37:9 - Easy To Read Version Then Joseph had another dream. Joseph told his brothers about this dream. Joseph said, “I had another dream. I saw the sun, the moon, and eleven stars bowing down to me.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But Joseph dreamed yet another dream and told it to his brothers [also]. He said, See here, I have dreamed again, and behold, [this time not only] eleven stars [but also] the sun and the moon bowed down and did reverence to me! American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Then Joseph had another dream and described it to his brothers: “I’ve just dreamed again, and this time the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.” Catholic Public Domain Version Likewise, he saw another dream, which he explained to his brothers, saying, "I saw by a dream, as if the sun, and the moon, and eleven stars were reverencing me." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He dreamed also another dream, which he told his brethren, saying: I saw in a dream, as it were the sun, and the moon, and eleven stars worshipping me. |
But one night, God spoke to Abimelech in a dream. God said, “You will die. That woman you took is married.”
Joseph also told his father about this dream. But his father criticized him. His father said, “What kind of dream is this? Do you believe that your mother, your brothers, and I will bow down to you?”
We were all working in the field. We were tying stacks of wheat together. Then my sheaf got up. It stood there while all of your sheaves made a circle around mine. Then all of your stacks of wheat bowed down to mine.”
His brothers said, “Do you think this means you will be a king and rule over us?” His brothers hated Joseph more now because of the dreams he had about them.
Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “These two dreams are about the same thing. God is telling you what will happen soon.
“Pharaoh, you had two dreams about the same thing. Why? God wanted to show you that he really will make this happen. And he will make it happen soon!
Joseph was the governor of Egypt at the time. And Joseph was the man who checked the sale of grain to people who came to Egypt. So, Joseph’s brothers came to him and bowed before him.
Joseph came home, and the brothers gave him the gifts that they had brought with them. Then they bowed down on the ground in front of him.
The brothers answered, “Yes sir, our father is still alive.” And they again bowed before Joseph.
Judah and his brothers went back to Joseph’s house. Joseph was still there. The brothers fell to the ground and bowed down before him.
When we were here before, you asked us, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
Joseph said, “Hurry up and go to my father. Tell him his son Joseph sent this message.”
Joseph learned that his father was coming. So Joseph prepared his chariot and went out to meet Israel, his father, in Goshen. When Joseph saw his father, he hugged his neck and cried for a long time.
Joseph also gave his father, his brothers, and all their people the food that they needed.
That little horn became very big. It grew until it reached the sky. The little horn even threw some of the stars to the ground. And it stepped all over those stars.
God said, “Listen to me! You will have prophets. [168] I, the Lord, will show myself to them in visions. [169] I will speak to them in dreams.
Then you will be innocent and without anything wrong in you. You will be God’s children without fault. But you are living with evil people all around you who have become very bad. Among those people you shine like lights in the dark world.