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Genesis 37:11 β€” Meaning and Application

King James Version

β€œAnd his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.”

Genesis 37:11

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9

And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

10

And he told {it} to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What {is} this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

11

And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

12

And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

13

And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed {the flock} in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here {am I}.

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