Verses 7-9
7-9. Sheaves… stars “The two dreams very obviously shadow forth Joseph as having kingly authority over his father, mother, and brethren . The scene of the first is laid in the wheat field, where he and his brethren are symbolized by the sheaves . But to repeat and solemnly deepen the impression, the scene of the second is laid in heaven, and now not only his brethren, but his father and mother, (Leah probably, since Rachel was dead,) under heavenly symbols bow down, not to his star, but to him .
How powerfully must this dream have returned to the minds of them all, when, more than twenty years after, the venerable patriarch and his eleven sons did obeisance to the prince of Egypt, who said to them, ‘I am Joseph.’” Newhall. On the import of double dreams, see note on chap.
41:32.
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