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As Jacob&#8217;s reaction implies (37:10), these celestial bodies stand for Jacob, Rachel, and brothers. The doubts that arise about relating to Rachel, who is presumably dead, may be solved by a close reading of the text. The story begins by stating Joseph&#8217;s age as 17, but at a certain point it digresses, by using the past perfect tense \u2013 <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ahav<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 And Israel loved Joseph\u2026&#8221; (37:3). So the dream scene is apparently a flashback to Joseph&#8217;s childhood, when Rachel was alive. Verse 12 brings us back to the present, where the seeds of resentment that were planted in the brothers&#8217; childhood led to the terrible acts in adulthood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are Joseph&#8217;s dreams, then, merely childish dreams? What is their value? 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