Study it in the app“His brothers said to him, “Will you indeed reign over us? Or will you indeed rule over us?” So they hated him even more because of his dreams and because of his words.”
His brothersאֶחָיוsaidוַיֹּאמְרוּto him,לוֹ“Will you indeedהֲמָלֹךְreignתִּמְלֹךְover us?עָלֵינוּOrאִםwill you indeedמָשׁוֹלruleתִּמְשֹׁלover us?”בָּנוּSo they hatedשְׂנֹאhimאֹתוֹeven moreוַיּוֹסִפוּ עוֹדbecause of his dreamsעַל חֲלֹמֹתָיוand because of his words.וְעַל דְּבָרָיו
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsreign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “maloch” appearsrule
To hold sway over something or someone.
Where else “mashol” appearshate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “seno” appearsdo again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “yosifu” appearsdream
Dream: what one sees while asleep. In the Bible, God sometimes speaks through dreams.
Where else “chalomotay” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devaray” appears7Look, we were binding sheaves in the middle of the field, and look, my sheaf rose and also stood upright; and look, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down before my sheaf.”
8 · This verse (above)
9He dreamed yet another dream and told it to his brothers, and said, “Look, I have dreamed another dream: look, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down before me.”
1. What it says
What did the brothers do to Joseph, and what did they tell Jacob (vv. 23-33)?
2. What it means
What reasons did the brothers have for hating Joseph (vv. 3-4, 8)?
3. How I live it
How do you handle envy when someone receives more attention than you?
