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Genesis 37:8

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And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

And his brethren {H251} said {H559} to him, Shalt thou indeed {H4427} reign {H4427} over us? or shalt thou indeed {H4910} have dominion {H4910} over us? And they hated {H8130} him yet the more {H3254} for his dreams {H2472}, and for his words {H1697}.

His brothers retorted, "Yes, you will certainly be our king. You'll do a great job of bossing us around!"And they hated him still more for his dreams and for what he said.

“Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.

And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Samuel 10:27 (3 votes)

    But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.

  • Acts 7:35 (3 votes)

    This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send [to be] a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.

  • Psalms 2:3 (2 votes)

    Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

  • Psalms 2:6 (2 votes)

    Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

  • Genesis 49:26 (2 votes)

    The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

  • Luke 20:17 (2 votes)

    And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?

  • Luke 19:14 (2 votes)

    But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this [man] to reign over us.