And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child [is] not; and I, whither shall I go?
Ver. 30. The child is not; and I, &c.] In an old manuscript, I met with these words thus pathetically rendered: -
“Heu quid agam! periit puer ille, puer puer ille.”
Reuben was the oldest, and therefore thought he should be most blamed. Besides, he had not forgot how highly his father had been lately offended with him, for his detestable incest.
Verse Genesis 37:30. _THE CHILD_ IS _NOT; AND I, WHITHER SHALL I GO?_] The words in the original are very plaintive, הילד איננו ואני אנה אני בא _haiyeled einennu, vaani anah, ani ba_!...
- Joseph Was Sold into Egypt 17. דתין _dotayı̂n_ Dothain, “two wells?” (Gesenius) 25. נכאת _n__e__ko't_ “tragacanth” or goat’s-thorn gum, yielded by the “astragalus gummifer”, a native of Mount Leban...
XII. THE GENERATIONS OF JACOB CHAPTER 37 The Story of Joseph _ 1. Jacob dwelling in Canaan (Genesis 37:1)_ 2. Joseph's character and feeding the flock (Genesis 37:2) 3. Beloved of his father (Gene...
To J we may assign Genesis 37:18_ b_ (and before, etc.), Genesis 37:21 (substituting Judah for Reuben), Genesis 37:23; Genesis 37:25;...
WHITHER SHALL. GO? His exclamation shows that he thinks Joseph dead, probably taken from the pit and slain by his ferocious brethren. What could be done? How could he return to his aged and doting fa...
(JE). Joseph sold into Egypt 2 b (J). _and he was a lad with_, &c. The English here gives an awkward rendering. The meaning is, "he was keeping sheep, being still a lad, with his brethren, the sons of...
_The child is not_ Cf. Genesis 42:13; Genesis 42:32; Genesis 42:36; Genesis 44:31;...
PART FORTY-SIX THE STORY OF JOSEPH (Genesis 37:1-36; Genesis 39:1 to Genesis 47:31) 1. _The Biblical Story: Joseph as a Youth in Canaan_ ...
_AND REUBEN RETURNED UNTO THE PIT; AND, BEHOLD, JOSEPH WAS NOT IN THE PIT; AND HE RENT HIS CLOTHES._ Reuben returned unto the pit. He seems to have designedly taken a circuitous route, with a view of...
JOSEPH IS HATED BY HIS BRETHREN AND SOLD INTO EGYPT With the exception of a few passages chiefly in Genesis 46, 49, the rest of the book of Genesis is taken from the Primitive source. The chief event...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 37 JOSEPH’S DREAMS V1 Jacob lived in the country that is called *Canaan. That is the country where his father had stayed. V2 This is the story of...
וַ יָּ֥שָׁב אֶל ־אֶחָ֖יו וַ יֹּאמַ֑ר הַ
JOSEPH'S DREAMS Genesis 37:1 "Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee."- Psalms 76:10 THE migration of Israel from Canaan to Egypt was a step of prime importance in the history. Great difficultie...
JOSEPH SOLD INTO EGYPT Genesis 37:25 It was not chance, but providence, that brought these Midianites to the pit at that hour. They had, of course, fixed their time of departure from their native lan...
From this point in the sacred narrative, though Jacob appears more than once, for a time the history centers around Joseph, and it is certainly safe to say that in many aspects no more remarkable figu...
SOLD BY HIS BROTHERS When Joseph reached them, they stripped himof the coat Jacob had given him and cast him into a pit. Then, they sat down to eat. While they were eating, a caravan of Ishmaelite tr...
_I go to seek for him. His brethren inform him of what they had done, and he consents to keep it a secret from his father. (Menochius)_...
Genesis 39:1; Hebrews: Eunuch, or Chamberlain of Pharaoh's household, as well as Captain of the guard....
Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
30._And he returned_. We may hence gather that Reuben, under pretense of some other business, stole away from his brethren, that, unknown to them all, he might restore his brother, drawn out of the pi...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 37 THROUGH 41. What follows from chapter 37 is the interesting history of Joseph, to which even children ever yield a ready ear, although ignorant of all the...
AND HE RETURNED UNTO HIS BRETHREN,.... From the pit, and whom he suspected had took him and killed him, as was their first design, not being with them when they proposed to sell him, and did: AND SAI...
2 Ioseph is hated of his brethren. 5 His two dreames. 13 Iacob sendeth him to visite his brethren. 18 His brethren conspire his death. 21 Reuben saueth him. 26 They sell him to the Ishmeelites....
And he returned unto his brethren and said, the child is not; and I, whither shall I go? He felt that his father would hold him, as the oldest, responsible for the welfare of, Joseph....
JACOB'S GRIEF OVER JOSEPH...
THIRD PERIOD The Genesis of the People of israel in egypt from the twelve branches of israel, or the history of joseph and his brethren. joseph the patriarch of the faith-dispensation through humilia...
JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN How significant is the truth of verse 1, "Jacob lived in the land where his father sojourned, in the land of Canaan." It had taken him some years to finally settle there, but...
23-30 They threw Joseph into a pit, to perish there with hunger and cold; so cruel were their tender mercies. They slighted him when he was in distress, and were not grieved for the affliction of Jos...
He calls him THE CHILD comparatively to his brethren, though he was seventeen years old, GENESIS 37:2. THE CHILD IS NOT, i.e. is not in the land of the living, or is dead, as that phrase is commonly u...
On which we shall dwell more particularly. There is not in scripture a more perfect and beautiful type of Christ than Joseph. Whether we view Christ as the object of the Father's love, the object of t...
Genesis 37:30 returned H7725 (H8799) brothers H251 said H559 (H8799) lad H3206 where H575 go H935 ...
‘And Reuben returned to the cistern, and behold, Joseph was not in the cistern, and he tore his clothes, and he returned to his brothers and said, “The child is not, and as for me, where shall I go? R...
Genesis 37 Joseph's is one of the most interesting histories in the world. He has the strange power of uniting our hearts to him, as to a well-beloved friend. He had "the genius to be loved greatly,...
CONTENTS: Generations of Joseph. Joseph hated and rejected by his brothers. Cast into pit. Carried away by Gentiles. CHARACTERS: Jacob, Joseph, Reuben, Judah, Potiphar. CONCLUSION: Envy is a canker...
Genesis 37:2. _These are the generations,_ or events which happened to Jacob's _family. Sons of Bilhah._ Jacob seems to have divided Leah's sons from the sons of the bond-women, who proved very wicked...
_Reuben returned_ LESSONS 1. Under the wise providence of God, helpers may come too late to so save oppressed. 2. Creatures as they intend, so may they do their utmost to save, when God will not h...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 37:29 TORE HIS CLOTHES. A visible sign of intense anguish and pain. WHERE SHALL I GO? Reuben’s grief might not be about the loss of Joseph but about how upset his father will b...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 37:35. The grave.] Heb. _Sheol_. The unseen world, or the place of departed spirits. The A.V. also renders this word in some places _hell,_ in others _the pit._ Probably deriv...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 37:26, GENESIS 37:27 AND JUDAH (apparently shrinking from the idea of murder) SAID UNTO HIS BRETHREN, WHAT PROFIT is it if (literally, _what of advantage that_)_ _we sl
Genesis chapter thirty-seven. And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. And these are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feedi...
Genesis 37:20 Genesis 42:13 Genesis 42:32 Genesis 42:35 Jeremia