Genesis 37:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.”

Genesis 37:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Genesis 37:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Genesis 37:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.”

Genesis 37:5 — World English Bible

Genesis 37:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. ”

Genesis 37:5 — American Standard Version

Genesis 37:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And Joseph dreameth a dream, and declareth to his brethren, and they add still more to hate him.”

Genesis 37:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Genesis 37:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And Joseph dreamed a dream, and told [it] to his brethren, and they hated him yet the more. ”

Genesis 37:5 — Darby Translation

Genesis 37:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And Ioseph dreamed a dreame, and told his brethren, who hated him so much the more.”

Genesis 37:5 — Geneva Bible

Genesis 37:5 in Context — Genesis 37

3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

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What Does Genesis 37:5 Mean?

Genesis 37:5 is a verse from the Book of Genesis, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Genesis chapter 37. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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