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for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf."
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A Clear Prophecy
The dream's imagery was not subtle. Commentators explain that Joseph's sheaf rising and standing erect while his brothers' sheaves bowed was a clear prophecy of his future authority. One scholar notes the Hebrew for 'stood upright' implies it 'took its station' as a chief. The meaning was so obvious that his brothers immediately understood and resented it.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
17. דתין dotayı̂n Dothain, “two wells?” (Gesenius)
25. נכאת neko't “tragacanth” or goat’s-tho…
19th Century
Anglican
Stood upright. — Hebrew, took its station. It is the verb used in Genesis 24:13; see the note on that verse. It implies t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For, behold, we [were] binding sheaves in the field So it was represented in his mind in a dream, as if it was harvest time, a…
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God gave Joseph early the prospect of his advancement, to support and comfort him under his long and grievous troubles.
Observe, Joseph drea…
