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Berean Standard Bible

“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.””

Genesis 37:7

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Joseph is seventeen, his father's favorite, wearing a special robe and resented by his older brothers. He now tells them a dream in which they were binding grain in the field when his bundle stood upright and theirs gathered round and bowed to it.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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.”

World English Bible (WEB)

for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf.”

King James Version (KJV)

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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

We were in the field, getting the grain stems together, and my grain kept upright, and yours came round and went down on the earth before mine.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

He aquí que atábamos manojos en medio del campo, y he aquí que mi manojo se levantaba, y estaba derecho, y que vuestros manojos estaban alrededor, y se inclinaban al mío.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Soñé que todos nosotros estábamos en el campo atando manojos de trigo. Mi manojo se mantuvo derecho, mientras que los de ustedes se reunieron alrededor del mío y le hicieron reverencias.

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