5And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
Linguistic Insight
Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.
Cross-References
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-11)Here, I. Joseph relates the prophetical dreams he had, Gen. 37:6 , 7 , 9 , 10 . Though he was now very young (about seventeen years old), yet he was pious and devout, and well-inclined, and this fitted him for God’s gracious discoveries of himself to him. Joseph had a great deal of trouble before him, and therefore God gave him betimes this prospect of his advancement, to support and comfort him u…
My Notes
Notes are saved on this device.