Genesis 37:5
What does Genesis 37:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Genesis 37:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Now Joseph had a dream, and he gave his brothers an account of it, which made their hate greater than ever.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Joseph dreameth a dream, and declareth to his brethren, and they add still more to hate him.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Now it fell out also that he told his brethren a dream, that he had dreamed: which occasioned them to hate him the more.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Joseph dreamed a dream, and told [it] to his brethren, and they hated him yet the more.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 49:23
The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and persecuted him:
- Genesis 37:4
And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren; and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
- Psalms 25:14
The friendship of Jehovah is with them that fear him; And he will show them his covenant.
- Judges 7:13
And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man telling a dream unto his fellow; and he said, Behold, I dreamed a dream; and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came unto the tent, and smote it so that it fell, and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat.
- Daniel 4:5
I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
- Genesis 28:12
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.
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