Then his brothers said to him, “(A)Are you actually going to reign over us? Or are you really going to rule over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

Now he [a]had still another dream, and related it to his brothers, and said, “Lo, I have [b]had still another dream; and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.” 10 He related it to his father and to his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have [c]had? Shall I and your mother and (B)your brothers actually come to bow ourselves down before you to the ground?”

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  1. Genesis 37:9 Lit dreamed
  2. Genesis 37:9 Lit dreamed
  3. Genesis 37:10 Lit dreamed

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

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

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

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