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He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, "Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me."
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A Confirmed Prophecy
Commentators note that the second dream serves to confirm the certainty of the first, a pattern in Joseph's story. Scholars like Calvin suggest the imagery shifts from earthly sheaves to heavenly bodies (sun, moon, stars) to underscore the divine authority and majesty behind the prophecy, making it harder for the brothers to dismiss.
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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
He dreamed yet another dream. —In Joseph’s history the dreams are always double, though in the case of those of the chief…
16th Century
Protestant
And he dreamed yet another dream. The scope of this dream is the same. The only difference is that God, to inspire greater confidence in t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he dreamed yet another dream Relating to the name subject as the former, and, for the confirmation of it, only the em…
God gave Joseph early the prospect of his advancement, to support and comfort him under his long and grievous troubles.
Observe, Joseph drea…
