KJV ORIGINAL
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.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Listen, we were tying up bundles of grain in the field, and suddenly my bundle stood up straight. Then all of your bundles gathered around mine and bowed down to it.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Joseph is telling his brothers about a dream where their grain bundles bowed down to his bundle, symbolically showing he would one day rule over them.
📚 Historical Context
This dream occurred when Joseph was around 17 years old, living with his father Jacob and eleven brothers in Canaan. In ancient agricultural societies, binding sheaves (bundles of cut grain) was a common harvest activity that the whole family participated in. Dreams were often considered messages from God in Hebrew culture.
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