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- 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...
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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...
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JACOB RENT HIS CLOTHES.
Rending the clothes was an expression of the deepest feeling, whether
of sorrow or indignation. Reuben rent his clothes when he returned and
found the pit empty in which Joseph...
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_rent his garments_, &c. Jacob mourned with the mourning rites of the
Israelites. The rent clothes, the sackcloth, and the ashes, denote the
exact opposite of festal array, new garments, soft raiment,...
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The continuation of the J clause in Genesis 37:28. Having sold Joseph
to the Ishmaelites, the brothers have to plan how to explain his
disappearance to Jacob.
According to J, they sent the coat to Ja...
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(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...
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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_ ...
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_AND THEY TOOK JOSEPH'S COAT, AND KILLED A KID OF THE GOATS, AND
DIPPED THE COAT IN THE BLOOD;_
They took Joseph's coat. The commission of one sin necessarily leads
to another to conceal it; and the...
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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...
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SACKCLOTH] a coarse material made of goats' hair, and worn next the
skin in token of the affliction of the soul....
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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...
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MANY DAYS. — Jacob mourned for Joseph not merely during the usual
period, but so long as to move even the hearts of those who had
wronged him. For not only his daughters, but “all his sons rose up
to...
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וַ יִּקְרַ֤ע יַעֲקֹב֙ שִׂמְלֹתָ֔יו וַ
יָּ֥שֶׂם...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Sack-cloth, or hair-cloth, cilicio. These garments were made very
close, like a sack, of the hair taken from the goats of Cilicia, which
grew long, rough, and of a dark colour. The poorest people used...
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Genesis 39:1; Hebrews: Eunuch, or Chamberlain of Pharaoh's household,
as well as Captain of the guard....
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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...
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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...
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AND JACOB RENT HIS CLOTHES,.... As expressive of his grief and
mourning for the death of his son, as he supposed:
AND PUT SACKCLOTH UPON HIS LOINS; put off his usual apparel, and put
on a coarse garm...
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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....
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And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and
mourned for his son many days. He continued to wear the garment of
deepest mourning for a long time....
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JACOB'S GRIEF OVER JOSEPH...
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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...
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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...
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31-36 When Satan has taught men to commit one sin, he teaches them to
try to conceal it with another; to hide theft and murder, with lying
and false oaths: but he that covers his sin shall not prospe...
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SACKCLOTH, i.e. a coarse and mournful habit. This is the first example
of that kind, but afterwards was in common use upon these occasions.
See 2 SAMUEL 3:31 1 KINGS 20:31, 1 KINGS 21:27, &c....
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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...
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Genesis 37:34 Jacob H3290 tore H7167 (H8799) clothes H8071 put H7760
(H8799) sackcloth H8242 waist H4975 mourned...
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‘And Jacob tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his loins and
mourned for his son for many days. And all his sons and all his
daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and
he...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 37:34 PUT SACKCLOTH ON HIS LOINS. A common
mourning custom.
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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...
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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
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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...
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Genesis 37:29 Joshua 7:6 2 Samuel 1:11 2 Samuel 3:31 1 Kings 20:31...