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Genesis 37:9Gen.37.9

And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Il eut encore un autre songe, et il le raconta à ses frères. Il dit: J'ai eu encore un songe! Et voici, le soleil, la lune et onze étoiles se prosternaient devant moi.

KJV

And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

Patristic reading

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  • Philo Judaeus

    De Somniis (lib. i-ii)

    δελφοί σου προσκυνῆσαί σοι ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν; ἐζήλωσαν δὲ αὐτὸν οἱ ἀδελφοί, ὁ δὲ πατὴρ διετήρησε τὸ ῥῆμα“ (Gen. 37,9—11). φασὶ τοίνυν οἱ μετεωρολογικοί, τὸν ζῳδιακὸν κύκλον μέγιστον ὄντα τῶν κατ’ οὐρανὸν δυοκαίδεκα ζῳδίοις, ἀφ’ ὧν καὶ τὴν ἐπωνυμίαν ἔσχε, κατηστερίσθαι, ἥλιον δὲ καὶ σελ…
  • Origen

    Commentarium In Evangelium Matthaei (Lib. 12-17)

    contemnendam omnem carnalem cognationem et omenm substantiam mundialem, omnis homo fatebitur, 5 Vgl. Gen. 37, 9 14 κατὰ Koe καὶ M H 15ff lat. redigiert anders 28 δὲ M c auf Rasur 33 κτήσεως Kl, vgl. substantiam mundialem lat. u. S. 423, 8 κτίσεως Μ Η 15 reliquit B 17 specialiter]…
  • Origen

    Commentarium In Evangelium Matthaei (Lib. 12-17)

    ἐπὶ τὸ πάσης σαρκικῆς συγγενείας καταφρονεῖν καὶ πάσης τῆς κτήσεως. πᾶς ὁστισοῦν ὁμολογήσει. 5 Vgl. Gen. 37, 9 14 κατὰ Koe καὶ M H 15ff lat. redigiert anders 28 δὲ M c auf Rasur 33 κτήσεως Kl, vgl. substantiam mundialem lat. u. S. 423, 8 κτίσεως Μ Η 15 reliquit B 17 specialiter]…

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