Devine Scripture

Genesis 37:7

Genesis chapter 37 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves came round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For, 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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves came round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

Context

v.6And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

v.7This passage

v.8And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 42:9

    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.

  • Genesis 44:14

    And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; and he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.

  • Genesis 44:19

    My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?

  • Colossians 1:18

    And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

  • Genesis 43:26

    And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down themselves to him to the earth.

  • Genesis 42:6

    And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves to him with their faces to the earth.