The Sun the Moon and Eleven Stars Bowed to Joseph

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on Genesis 37:9

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·April 20, 2026

And he dreamed again another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, Behold, I have dreamed yet a dream, and lo, the sun, and the moon, and eleven stars, bowed to me.

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Genesis 37:9

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