Gen 37 | TSK | STEP | Joseph is loved by Jacob, but hated by his brethren. His dreams and the interpretation. Jacob sends him to his brethren, who counsel to slay him. At Reuben's desire they cast him into a pit; and afterwards sell him to the Ishmaelites; while Ruben grieves at not finding him. His coat, covered with blood, is sent to Jacob, who mourns him inordinately. Joseph is brought to Egypt and sold to Potiphar. A.M. 2276. B.C. 1728. wherein his father was a stranger. Heb. of his father'ssojournings.

Genesis 37

1 Joseph is loved by Jacob, but hated by his brethren.

5 His dreams and the interpretation.

12 Jacob sends him to his brethren, who counsel to slay him.

21 At Reuben's desire they cast him into a pit;

25 and afterwards sell him to the Ishmaelites; while Ruben grieves at not finding him.

31 His coat, covered with blood, is sent to Jacob, who mourns him inordinately.

36 Joseph is brought to Egypt and sold to Potiphar.

A.M. 2276. B.C. 1728.

wherein his father was a stranger. Heb. of his father'ssojournings.

17:8; 23:4; 28:4; *marg:

36:7; Heb 11:9-16

the generations.{Toledoth,} the history, narrative, or account of the lives and actions of Jacob and his sons; for in this general sense the original must be taken, as in the whole ensuing history there is no genealogy of Jacob's family.

2:4; 5:1; 6:9; 10:1

wives.

30:4,9; 35:22,25,26

evil report.

1Sa 2:22-24; Joh 7:7; 1Co 1:11; 5:1; 11:18

loved.

Joh 3:35; 13:22,23

son.

44:20-30

a coat.

23,32; Jud 5:30; 2Sa 13:18; Ps 45:13,14; Eze 16:16

colours.{Kethoneth passim}, a coat made of stripes of different coloured cloth.

hated him.

5,11,18-24; 4:5; 27:41; 49:23; 1Sa 16:12,13; 17:28; Ps 38:19; 69:4

Joh 7:3-5; 15:18,19; Tit 3:3; 1Jo 2:11; 3:10,12; 4:20

and could not speak peaceably unto him.Or, rather, "and they could not speak peace to him," i.e., they would not accost him in a friendly manner: they would not even wish him well, in the eastern mode of salutation of, Peace be to thee! It is not an unusual thing for an Arab or Turk to hesitate to return the {salâm}, if given by a Christian, or by one of whom he has not a favourable opinion; and this may always be considered as an act of hostility.

dreamed.

28:12; 40:5; 41:1; 42:9; Nu 12:6; Jud 7:13,14; 1Ki 3:5; Ps 25:14

Da 2:1; 4:5; Joe 2:28; Am 3:7

and they.

4,8; 49:23; Joh 17:14

Hear.

44:18; Jud 9:7

your sheaves.

42:6,9; 43:26; 44:14,19

obeisance.

Php 2:10; Col 1:18

reign over us.

4; Ex 2:14; 1Sa 10:27; 17:28; Ps 2:3-6; 118:22; Lu 19:14; 20:17

Ac 4:27,28; 7:35; Heb 10:29

another dream.

7; 41:25,32

the sun.

10; 43:28; 44:14,19; 45:9; 46:29; 47:12; 50:15-21; Ac 7:9-14

stars.

Da 8:10; Php 2:15

Shall I.

27:29; Isa 60:14; Php 2:10,11

envied.

26:14-16; Ps 106:16; Ec 4:4; Isa 11:13; 26:11; Mt 27:18; Mr 15:10

Ac 7:9; 13:45; Ga 5:21; Tit 3:3; Jas 3:14-16; 4:5

observed.

24:31; Da 7:28; Lu 2:19,51

in Shechem.

1; 33:18; 34:25-31

come.

1Sa 17:17-20; Mt 10:16; Lu 20:13

Here am I.

22:1; 27:1,18; 1Sa 3:4-6,8,16; Eph 6:1-3

see whether it be well with. Heb. see the peace of thybrethren, etc.

29:6; 41:16; 1Sa 17:17,18; 2Sa 18:32; 1Ki 2:33; Ps 125:5; Jer 29:7

Lu 19:42

Hebron.

23:2; 35:27; Nu 13:22; Jos 14:13,15

he was.

21:14

What.

Jud 4:22; 2Ki 6:19; Joh 1:38; 4:27; 18:4,7; 20:15

seek.

Lu 19:10

tell me.

So 1:7

Dothan.

2Ki 6:13

conspired.

1Sa 19:1; Ps 31:13; 37:12,32; 94:21; 105:25; 109:4; Mt 21:38; 27:1

Mr 12:7; 14:1; Lu 20:14,15; Joh 11:53; Ac 23:12

Behold.Simulated Irony: Where the words in question are used by man either in dissimulation or hypocrisy. For other instances of this figure see 2 Sa 6:20; Ps 22:8; Isa 5:19; Mt 22:16; 27:29; 27:40, 42, 43; Mk 15:29.

dreamer. Heb. master of dreams.

5,11; 28:12; 49:23; *marg:

and let.

Ps 64:5; Pr 1:11,12,16; 6:17; 27:4; Tit 3:3; Joh 3:12

Some.

1Ki 13:24; 2Ki 2:24; Pr 10:18; 28:13

and we.

1Sa 24:20; 26:2; Mt 2:2-16; 27:40-42; Mr 15:29-32; Joh 12:10,11

Ac 4:16-18

Reuben heard.

35:22; 42:22

not kill him. Heb. {nephesh.}

Jos 10:28; Ge 9:5; Mt 10:28

Reuben said.

42:22

Shed.

Mt 27:24

lay.

Ge 22:12; Ex 24:11; De 13:9; Ac 12:1

stript.

3,31-33; 42:21; Ps 22:18; Mt 27:28

colours. or, pieces.

and cast.

Ps 35:7; La 4:20

the pit.

Ps 40:2; 88:6,8; 130:1,2; Jer 38:6; La 3:52-55; Zec 9:11

they sat.

Es 3:15; Ps 14:4; Pr 30:20; Am 6:6

Ishmeelites.

28,36; 16:11,12; 25:1-4,16-18; 31:23; Ps 83:6

Gilead.

31:21; 43:11; Jer 8:22

spicery.{Nechoth,} is rendered by the LXX. "incense;" Syriac, "resin;" Samaritan, "balsam;" Acquila, "storax;" which is followed by Bochart. This drug is abundant in Syria, and here Moses joins with it resin, honey, and myrrh; which agrees with the nature of the storax, which is the resin of a tree of the same name, of a reddish colour, and peculiarly pleasant fragrance.

balm{Tzeri,} which in Arabic, as a verb, is to flow, seems to be a common name, as balm or balsam with us, for many of those oily, resinous substances, which flow spontaneously, or by incision, from various trees or plants; accordingly the ancients have generally interpreted it resin.

myrrh.{Lot,} is probably, as Junius, De Dieu, Celsius, and Ursinus contend, the same as the Arabic {ladan}, Greek [ladanon,] and Latin {ladanum}.

What profit.

25:32; Ps 30:9; Jer 41:8; Mt 16:26; Ro 6:21

conceal.

20; 4:10; De 17:8; 2Sa 1:16; Job 16:18; Eze 24:7

sell him.

22; Ex 21:16,21; Ne 5:8; Mt 16:26; 26:15; 1Ti 1:10; Re 18:13

let not.

1Sa 18:17; 2Sa 11:14-17; 12:9

he is our.

29:14; 42:21

were content. Heb. hearkened.