Genesis 37:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.””
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“We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves came round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“that, lo, we are binding bundles in the midst of the field, and lo, my bundle hath arisen, and hath also stood up, and lo, your bundles are round about, and bow themselves to my bundle.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 37:7 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 42:6Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
- Genesis 42:9Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
- Genesis 43:26When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.
- Genesis 43:28“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
- Genesis 44:14When Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph’s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.
- Genesis 44:19My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
- Genesis 50:18His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!”
- Philippians 2:10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
- Colossians 1:18And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.
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