There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the field. Suddenly my sheaf stood up, and your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf.”(A)

“Are you really going to reign over us?” his brothers asked him. “Are you really going to rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and what he had said.

Then he had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun, moon, and 11 stars were bowing down to me.”

10 He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him. “What kind of dream is this that you have had?” he said. “Are your mother and brothers and I going to come and bow down to the ground before you?”

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We were binding sheaves(A) of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.”(B)

His brothers said to him, “Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?”(C) And they hated him all the more(D) because of his dream and what he had said.

Then he had another dream,(E) and he told it to his brothers. “Listen,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars(F) were bowing down to me.”(G)

10 When he told his father as well as his brothers,(H) his father rebuked(I) 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?”(J)

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Joseph was in charge of the country; he sold grain to all its people. His brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.(A)

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Now Joseph was the governor of the land,(A) the person who sold grain to all its people.(B) So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.(C)

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26 When Joseph came home, they brought him the gift they had carried into the house, and they bowed to the ground before him.

27 He asked if they were well, and he said, “How is your elderly father that you told me about? Is he still alive?”

28 They answered, “Your servant our father is well. He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.

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26 When Joseph came home,(A) they presented to him the gifts(B) they had brought into the house, and they bowed down before him to the ground.(C) 27 He asked them how they were, and then he said, “How is your aged father(D) you told me about? Is he still living?”(E)

28 They replied, “Your servant our father(F) is still alive and well.” And they bowed down,(G) prostrating themselves before him.(H)

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