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Verse Genesis 37:7. _WE_ WERE _BINDING SHEAVES IN THE FIELD_] Though
in these early times we read little of _tillage_, yet it is evident
from this circumstance that it was practised by Jacob and his...
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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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JOSEPH HATED BY HIS BROTHERS ON ACCOUNT OF HIS TALEBEARING, HIS
FATHER'S Partiality, AND HIS DREAMS OF SUPREMACY.
Genesis 37:1_ a_ is certainly from P, but probably Genesis 37:2 b
also. It gives a thi...
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_sheaves_ Joseph's dream presupposes that the patriarch was leading a
settled and agricultural life (cf. Genesis 26:12). In Genesis 46:31-34
Jacob and his family are shepherds and herdsmen, but the fa...
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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 HE SAID UNTO THEM, HEAR, I PRAY YOU, THIS DREAM WHICH I HAVE
DREAMED:_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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37:7 standing; (a-17) As ch. 18.2....
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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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Many years after this time, Joseph’s brothers did bend themselves
down in front of him. (See Genesis 42:6; Genesis 44:14; Genesis
50:18.)...
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Genesis usually tells us things in the order that they happened in.
But sometimes it does not do this. These verses tell us what had
happened earlier. We know that because of verse 10. That verse tell...
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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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STOOD UPRIGHT. — Heb., _took its station._ It is the verb used in
Genesis 24:13, where see Note. It implies that the sheaf took the
position of chief. We gather from this dream that Jacob practised
ag...
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וְ֠ הִנֵּה אֲנַ֜חְנוּ מְאַלְּמִ֤ים
אֲלֻמִּים֙ בְּ...
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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 LOVED AND HATED; HIS DREAMS
Genesis 37:1
It is a mistake for parents to show favoritism; but we can hardly
wonder at Jacob's partiality for the lad, who reminded him so vividly
of the beloved...
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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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THE SEEDS OF JEALOUSY
Jealousy yields ugly actions. Joseph' brothers were jealous of him for
several reasons. When Joseph was seventeen, the sons of Bilhah, Dan
and Naphtali, and Zilpah, Gad and Asher...
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_Sheaf. Joseph probably knew not what this portended, as the prophets
were sometimes ignorant of the real purport of their visions. (Calmet)
--- But it admirably foreshewed the famine, which would bri...
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This was literally fulfilled; see Gen_42:6; Gen_43:26; Gen_44:14....
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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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FOR, BEHOLD, WE [WERE] BINDING SHEAVES IN THE FIELD,.... So it was
represented in his mind in a dream, as if it was harvest time, and he
and his brethren were at work together in the field binding up...
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For, behold, we [were] binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf
arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round
about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
Ver. 7. _We were bin...
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_Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field_ This was a secret
intimation of the occasion of Joseph's advancement, which was from his
counsel and care about the corn in Egypt. _Your sheaves stood ro...
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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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For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf
arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round
about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. As Isaac had tilled the...
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The Dreams of 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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5-11 God gave Joseph betimes the prospect of his advancement, to
support and comfort him under his long and grievous troubles. Observe,
Joseph dreamed of his preferment, but he did not dream of his
i...
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WE WERE BINDING SHEAVES IN THE FIELD; a secret insinuation of the
occasion of Joseph's advancement, which was from his counsel and care
about the corn of Egypt. YOUR SHEAVES STOOD ROUND ABOUT; this wa...
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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 37:7 binding H481 (H8764) H8432 sheaves H485 field H7704 sheaf
H485 arose H6965 (H8804) upright...
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Genesis 37:2 A
“This is the family history of Jacob.”
This verse is extremely important as establishing that ‘toledoth'
means family history. It is clearly a colophon identifying the tablet
to whic...
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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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_Joseph dreamed a dream_
THE DREAMS OF JOSEPH
Destined superiority to brethren and parents is the one grand idea
that comes out in the strange visions of the night recorded here.
1. This idea was e...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 37:2 Jacob’s Descendants. The last main
section of Genesis 1:1 further develops the theme of a royal line
descended from Abraham. As governor of Egypt
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 37:3. The son of his old age] He was ninety years old when
Joseph was horn. A COAT OF MANY COLOURS.] Heb. _A tunic of parts._ The
expression occurs again in 2 Samuel 13:18, to...
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§ 11. THE GENERATIONS OF JACOB (GENESIS 37:2-1Genesis 37:2-1).
EXPOSITION
1. HAVING disposed, in the preceding section, of the line of Esau by a
brief sketch of its historical development du
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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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JOSEPH A TYPE OF CHRIST
Genesis 37:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Genesis 36:1 presents to us the generations of Esau, who is Edom. The
Edomites became a mighty people on the earth, but their glories
centered...