5 Then Joseph had a dream , and when he told it to his brothers , they hated him even more e . 6 He said to them, "Please listen to this dream which I have had ; 7 for behold , we were binding sheaves in the field , and lo , my sheaf rose up and also stood erect ; and behold , your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to my sheaf ." 8 Then his brothers said to him, " Are you actually going to reign over us? Or are you really going to rule over us?" So they hated him even more e for his dreams and for his words . 9 Now he had still another dream , and related it to his brothers , and said , "Lo , I have had still another dream ; and behold , the sun and the moon and eleven e stars were bowing down to me." 10 He related it to his father and to his brothers ; and his father rebuked him and said to him, "What is this dream that you have had ? Shall I and your mother and your brothers actually come to bow ourselves down before you to the ground ?"
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 37:5-10
Commentary on Genesis 37:5-11
(Read Genesis 37:5-11)
God gave Joseph betimes the prospect of his advancement, to support and comfort him under his long and grievous troubles. Observe, Joseph dreamed of his preferment, but he did not dream of his imprisonment. Thus many young people, when setting out in the world, think of nothing but prosperity and pleasure, and never dream of trouble. His brethren rightly interpreted the dream, though they abhorred the interpretation of it. While they committed crimes in order to defeat it, they were themselves the instruments of accomplishing it. Thus the Jews understood what Christ said of his kingdom. Determined that he should not reign over them, they consulted to put him to death; and by his crucifixion, made way for the exaltation they designed to prevent.