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John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 37:11

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And his brethren envied him, etc.] Notwithstanding all the precaution Jacob took to prevent it; they suspecting and fearing that these dreams portended the pre-eminence of Joseph over them, or however served to fill his mind with the hopes and expectation of it: but his father observed the saying; what Joseph had said in relating his dream; he laid it up in his mind and kept it there, often thought of it, and waited to see its accomplishment.
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