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And he told it to his father, and to his brethren; and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

17. דתין dotayı̂n Dothain, “two wells?” (Gesenius)

25. נכאת neko't “tragacanth” or goat’s-tho…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

His father rebuked him. — Because in his dream, the sun and moon bowed down before him. Joseph’s dream seemed to violate the respe…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And his father rebuked him. If Jacob suspected that the dream originated in vain ambition, he rightly rebuked his son. However, if he knew…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And he told [it] to his father, and to his brethren
After he had told it to his brethren, he told it to his father a…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

God gave Joseph early the prospect of his advancement, to support and comfort him under his long and grievous troubles.

Observe, Joseph drea…

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