What did josephs dream mean?

Answer 1

no the dream was a sign of the future his dream was here is the song I dreamed that in the fields one day the corn gave me a sign your 11 sheaves of corn all turned and bowed to mine sheaf was quite a site to see my golden sheave and tall yours were green and second rate and really rather small I dream I saw eleven stars the sun the moon and sky bowing down before my star it made me wonder why could it be that I was born for higher things than you a post in someones government a ministre or two no more song and in The brothers come to Egypt the brothers get down and bow to him

Answer 2

Well, he interpreted several dreams, but the one he himself dreamt involved his eleven brothers (represented as stars) and his parents (sun and moon) bowing down before his star. This dream indicated that he had a higher purpose than the others and would reign above them- which he did when he became second in command to Pharoah.

Answer 3

Joseph dreamet he would rule over the brothers, so they sold him as a slave. But he became a governor in egypt.