“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.”
His brothers said to him: do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us? And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he had said. The interpretation the brothers give the dream is exactly right — they understand its implication. And they hate him more. The application: the truth about the future does not make the future easier to accept by those who find it threatening.
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