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?
Joseph told his dream to his father and his brothers. His father scolded him and said, 'What kind of dream is this that you've had? Are your mother and I and your brothers really going to bow down to the ground before you?'
This verse shows Jacob rebuking his son Joseph for sharing a dream that suggested his family would one day bow down to him.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Genesis, which records the early history of the Israelite patriarchs around 2000-1500 BC, Joseph is depicted as the favored son of Jacob, who receives special dreams from God that foretell his future prominence. When Joseph shares his dream of his family bowing down to him, it stirs up jealousy among his brothers and leads to his father Jacob rebuking him, questioning the dream's implications in the context of family dynamics. This event is part of the broader narrative of God's sovereign plan for Joseph's life, which eventually saves his family from famine.
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