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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] yet there; and they fell before him on the ground. (Gen. 44:14)
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Gen. 46:29• 29Then Joseph got ready 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• 18{i}And his brethren also went and fell down before his face, and said, Behold, we are thy bondmen.{/i} (Gen. 50:18)

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Ministry on This Verse

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another dream.
Gen. 37:7• 7And, behold, we [were] binding sheaves in the midst of the field; and, behold, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood 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 is about to do he hath declared to Pharaoh.
 32And for that the dream was doubled to Pharaoh twice, [it is] because 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 that thou hast dreamed? Shall indeed I and thy mother and thy brethren come 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 the head 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] yet there; and they fell before him on 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 saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down to me, tarry not. (Gen. 45:9)
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Gen. 46:29• 29Then Joseph got ready 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 nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household with bread, according to their families. (Gen. 47:12)
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Gen. 50:15‑21• 15{i}And 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!{/i}
 16{i}And they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Thy father commanded before he died, saying,{/i}
 17{i}Thus 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.{/i}
 18{i}And his brethren also went and fell down before his face, and said, Behold, we are thy bondmen.{/i}
 19{i}And Joseph said to them, Fear not: am I then in the place of God?{/i}
 20{i}Ye 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.{/i}
 21{i}And now, fear not: I will maintain you and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke consolingly to them.{/i} (Gen. 50:15‑21)
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Acts 7:9‑14• 9And the patriarchs through jealousy sold Joseph into Egypt; and God was with him,
 10and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
 11Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction; and our fathers found no sustenance.
 12But Jacob, having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers first;
 13and at the second [time] Joseph was made known to his brethren, and his race became manifest unto Pharaoh.
 14And Joseph sent and called to him Jacob his father, and all his kindred, seventy-five souls. (Acts 7:9‑14)
stars.
Dan. 8:10• 10{i}And it{/i} waxed great even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. (Dan. 8:10)
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Phil. 2:15• 15that ye may be blameless and sincere, irreproachable children of God amidst a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye shine 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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