Charles Ellicott Commentary Genesis 37:7

"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." — Genesis 37:7 (ASV)

Stood upright. — Hebrew, took its station. It is the verb used in Genesis 24:13; see the note on that verse. It implies that the sheaf took the position of chief. We gather from this dream that Jacob practised agriculture, not occasionally, as had been the case with Isaac (Genesis 26:12), but regularly, as seems to have been usual also at Haran (Genesis 30:14).