פרשת וישב תש"י - יוסף

And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren; and they hated him yet the more.

And he told it to his father, and to his brethren; and his father rebuked him, and said unto him: ‘What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down to thee to the earth?’

And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said: ‘Behold, I have dreamed yet a dream: and, behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.’

And he told it to his father, and to his brethren; and his father rebuked him, and said unto him: ‘What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down to thee to the earth?’

And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren; and they hated him yet the more.

And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying in mind. .

And his brethren said to him: ‘Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us?’ And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

ועל דבריו AND FOR HIS WORDS — for the evil report about them which he used to bring to their father.

FOR HIS TALK. "Yosef brought bad reports of them" (v.2).

Would you surely rule over us as a king? Would you surely govern among us? Rabbi Avraham explains this as, "Will we set you up as king over us, or, do you presume to possess the right to govern us?" Further, Onkelos is correct in translating this as "will you be a king over us or a governor ruling among us?" because a man prostrates himself before these two. "We will never have a king or a governor over us!" The meaning of "because of his dreams and because of his words" is that they hated him because of his dreams and because of his tale, for he told it to them in a boastful manner, as he said, "Pray, listen to this dream which I have dreamt."

חלומותיו, because of his dreams. The details he told them proved to the brothers that Joseph was hoping that his dreams would be realised. ועל דבריו, and on account of his having insisted that they listen to the details of what he had dreamt.

And they said one to another: ‘Behold, this dreamer cometh.

And Judah said unto his brethren: ‘What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?

And he returned unto his brethren, and said: ‘The child is not; and as for me, whither shall I go?’