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Genesis 37

Gen. 37:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he dreamed
chalam (Hebrew #2492)
properly, to bind firmly, i.e. (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump; also (through the figurative sense of dumbness) to dream
KJV usage: (cause to) dream(-er), be in good liking, recover.
Pronounce: khaw-lam'
Origin: a primitive root
yet another
'acher (Hebrew #312)
properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
KJV usage: (an-)other man, following, next, strange.
Pronounce: akh-air'
Origin: from 309
dream
chalowm (Hebrew #2472)
from 2492; a dream
KJV usage: dream(-er).
Pronounce: khal-ome'
Origin: or (shortened) chalom {khal-ome'}
, and told
caphar (Hebrew #5608)
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
KJV usage: commune, (ac-)count; declare, number, + penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
Pronounce: saw-far'
Origin: a primitive root
it his brethren
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
, and said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Behold, I have dreamed
chalam (Hebrew #2492)
properly, to bind firmly, i.e. (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump; also (through the figurative sense of dumbness) to dream
KJV usage: (cause to) dream(-er), be in good liking, recover.
Pronounce: khaw-lam'
Origin: a primitive root
a dream
chalowm (Hebrew #2472)
from 2492; a dream
KJV usage: dream(-er).
Pronounce: khal-ome'
Origin: or (shortened) chalom {khal-ome'}
more; and, behold, the sun
shemesh (Hebrew #8121)
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (arch.) a notched battlement
KJV usage: + east side(-ward), sun ((rising)), + west(-ward), window. See also 1053.
Pronounce: sheh'-mesh
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be brilliant
and the moon
yareach (Hebrew #3394)
the moon
KJV usage: moon. Yrechow. See 3405.
Pronounce: yaw-ray'-akh
Origin: from the same as 3391
and the eleven
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
`asar (Hebrew #6240)
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
KJV usage: (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-)teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).
Pronounce: aw-sawr'
Origin: for 6235
stars
kowkab (Hebrew #3556)
a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince
KJV usage: star((-gazer)).
Pronounce: ko-kawb'
Origin: probably from the same as 3522 (in the sense of rolling) or 3554 (in the sense of blazing)
made obeisance
shachah (Hebrew #7812)
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
KJV usage: bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.
Pronounce: shaw-khaw'
Origin: a primitive root
l to me.
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Gen. 44:14• 14And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; and he was still there; and they fell down before him to the ground. (Gen. 44:14)
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Gen. 46:29• 29Then Joseph yoked his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and he presented himself to him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. (Gen. 46:29)
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Gen. 50:18• 18And his brethren also went and fell down before his face, and said, Behold, we are thy bondmen. (Gen. 50:18)

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Brethren,
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Moon,
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another dream.
Gen. 37:7• 7Behold, we were binding sheaves in the fields, and lo, my sheaf rose up, and remained standing; and behold, your sheaves came round about and bowed down to my sheaf. (Gen. 37:7)
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Gen. 41:25,32• 25And Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God will do he has made known to Pharaoh.
 32And as regards the double repetition of the dream to Pharaoh, it is that the thing is established by God, and God will hasten to do it. (Gen. 41:25,32)
the sun.
Gen. 37:10• 10And he told it to his father and to his brethren. And his father rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream which thou hast dreamt? Shall we indeed come, I and thy mother and thy brethren, to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? (Gen. 37:10)
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Gen. 43:28• 28And they said, Thy servant our father is well; he is yet alive. And they bowed, and made obeisance. (Gen. 43:28)
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Gen. 44:14,19• 14And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; and he was still there; and they fell down before him to the ground.
 19My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? (Gen. 44:14,19)
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Gen. 45:9• 9Haste and go up to my father, and say to him, Thus says thy son Joseph: God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, tarry not. (Gen. 45:9)
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Gen. 46:29• 29Then Joseph yoked his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and he presented himself to him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. (Gen. 46:29)
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Gen. 47:12• 12And Joseph maintained his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to the number of the little ones. (Gen. 47:12)
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Gen. 50:15‑21• 15And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, If now Joseph should be hostile to us, and should indeed requite us all the evil that we did to him!
 16And they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Thy father commanded before he died, saying,
 17Thus shall ye speak to Joseph: Oh forgive, I pray thee, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin! for they did evil to thee. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
 18And his brethren also went and fell down before his face, and said, Behold, we are thy bondmen.
 19And Joseph said to them, Fear not: am I then in the place of God?
 20Ye indeed meant evil against me: God meant it for good, in order that he might do as it is this day, to save a great people alive.
 21And now, fear not: I will maintain you and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke consolingly to them. (Gen. 50:15‑21)
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Acts 7:9‑14• 9And the patriarchs, envying Joseph, sold him away into Egypt. And God was with him,
 10and delivered him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he appointed him chief over Egypt and all his house.
 11But a famine came upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress, and our fathers found no food.
 12But Jacob, having heard of there being corn in Egypt, sent out our fathers first;
 13and the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren, and the family of Joseph became known to Pharaoh.
 14And Joseph sent and called down to him his father Jacob and all his kindred, seventy-five souls. (Acts 7:9‑14)
stars.
Dan. 8:10• 10And it became great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and trampled upon them. (Dan. 8:10)
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Phil. 2:15• 15that ye may be harmless and simple, irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation; among whom ye appear as lights in the world, (Phil. 2:15)
• {Christ} is destined not only to be supreme on earth, but to hold universal sway over heaven and earth. (“Loved and Hated” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamt another dream, and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.