In his dream all the brothers were binding sheaves in the middle of the field when his sheaf got up and stood erect and the sheaves of his half brothers proceeded to encircle it and bow down to his sheaf.

Though it might seem that Joseph was manifesting an attitude of superiority over his brothers, he was, in fact, merely relating what Jehovah had revealed to him, a circumstance that gave his brothers further opportunity to manifest their heart condition.​—Gen. 37:5-11.