Joseph's dreams in the biblical Book of Genesis foretold his future rise to power where his family would bow down to him, ultimately serving a divine plan to save his people from famine. Joseph dreamed that his bundle of wheat stood upright while his brothers' bundles gathered around and bowed to it. He had a second dream where the sun, moon and eleven stars bowed down to him, representing his parents and eleven brothers. These dreams angered his jealous brothers and led them to sell him into slavery in Egypt, but they prophetically symbolized his eventual authority as a ruler.