7For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
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And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
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.
My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
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…
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