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Verse Genesis 37:29. _REUBEN RETURNED UNTO THE PIT_] It appears he was
absent when the caravan passed by, to whom the other brethren had sold
Joseph....
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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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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;...
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_And Reuben_ Reuben returning to "the pit" finds it empty. The
Midianites had carried off the lad. Reuben's distress reveals his
purpose to his brethren. Clearly this is a different picture from that...
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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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AND REUBEN RETURNED UNTO THE PIT, &C.— We remarked on Genesis 37:2
that the sons of Jacob fed their flocks separately: this is confirmed
by the present verse. For it is unquestionable, that Reuben, af...
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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 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...
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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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Reuben had evidently been absent during this transaction....
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Reuben intended to rescue Joseph. (See verse 22.) But he did not find
Joseph in the hole. He did not know what had happened. He was very sad
because he could not give Joseph back to his father.
V31 T...
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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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REUBEN RETURNED. — Evidently he was not present when Joseph was sold
to the Midianites. This has been made into a difficulty, but really it
confirms the truth of the narrative. For the difficulty aris...
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וַ יָּ֤שָׁב רְאוּבֵן֙ אֶל ־הַ בֹּ֔ור
וְ
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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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_Ruben, who, in the mean time had been absent while his brethren
hearkened to the proposal of Juda only, and therefore consented to
this evil. (Haydock)_...
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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 REUBEN RETURNED UNTO THE PIT,.... It is very probable he had
pretended to go somewhere on business, with an intention to take a
circuit, and come to the pit and deliver his brother, and go home wi...
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And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph [was] not in the
pit; and he rent his clothes.
Ver. 29. _He rent his clothes._] In token of extreme passion. A custom
in use also among some heat...
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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 Reuben returned unto the pit. The brothers had taken advantage of
his absence to carry out Judah's plan. AND, BEHOLD, JOSEPH WAS NOT IN
THE PIT; AND HE RENT HIS CLOTHES in deep grief and sorrow....
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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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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...
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REUBEN RETURNED UNTO THE PIT, that, according to his brethren's order,
GENESIS 37:27, he might take him thence and sell him. HE RENT HIS
CLOTHES, as the manner was upon doleful occurrences. See below,...
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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 37:29 Reuben H7205 returned H7725 (H8799) pit H953 Joseph
H3130 pit H953 tore H7167 (H8799) clothes...
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‘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...
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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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_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...
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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...
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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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he rent. Genesis 37:34 Genesis 34:13 Numbers 14:6 Judges 11:35 2 Kings
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