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See also Genesis 37:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 37:2. _THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS_] תלדות _toledoth, the history_ _of the lives and actions of Jacob and his sons_; for in this general sense the original must be taken, as in the whole...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - 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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    (JE.) The Narrative of Joseph and his Brethren The remaining Chapter s of the book, with the exception of chap. 38, deal with the story of Joseph. In its way this story is probably unsurpassed. Its v...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _These are the generations_, &c. The formula of a new section in P....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    (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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF JACOB— i.e.. These are the things which befel Jacob, the transactions of him and his family. As nothing is here said of _genealogy,_ or beget-ting children, it is plain th...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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_ ...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF JACOB. JOSEPH, BEING SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD, WAS FEEDING THE FLOCK WITH HIS BRETHREN; AND THE LAD WAS WITH THE SONS OF BILHAH, AND WITH THE SONS OF ZILPAH, HIS FATHER'S WIVE...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    37:2 fed (c-12) Or 'was tending.' with (d-23) Or 'he was as a youth with.' them. (e-47) Or 'their evil discourse.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE GENERATIONS OF JACOB] i.e. the history of Jacob's descendants, especially of Joseph. THEIR EVIL REPORT] RV 'the evil report of them.' The sins of Jacob's sons in Genesis 34, 37, 38 afford plain ev...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE TÔLDÔTH JACOB. JOSEPH IS SOLD BY HIS BRETHREN INTO EGYPT. (2) THE GENERATIONS OF JACOB. — This _Tôldôth,_ according to the undeviating rule, is the history of Jacob’s descendants, and specially of...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אֵ֣לֶּה ׀ תֹּלְדֹ֣ות יַעֲקֹ֗ב יֹוסֵ֞ף בֶּן ־שְׁבַֽע...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    These [are] the generations of Jacob. Joseph, [being] seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad [was] with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Generations. This connects his history with chap. xxxv. What happened to Jacob and his sons, and particularly to Joseph, forms the subject of the remaining part of Genesis. (Haydock) --- Old; complete...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    From the review of Esau's splendid race of dukes and kings, we are here introduced among the humble children of Jacob, who are shepherds and husbandmen....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    2._These are the generations of Jacob_. By the word תולדות _toledoth _we are not so much to understand a genealogy, as a record of events, which appears more clearly from the context. For Moses having...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THESE [ARE] THE GENERATIONS OF JACOB,.... But no genealogy following, some interpret this of events or of things which befell Jacob, and his family, particularly with respect to his son Joseph, as Abe...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _These [are] the generations of Jacob. Joseph, [being] seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad [was] with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father'...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _These are the generations of Jacob_ The events or occurrences which happened to Jacob in his family and issue; as the word is used, chap. Genesis 6:9, and Numbers 3:1. The genealogy of Esau, which wa...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    These are the generations of Jacob; the remainder of the book is devoted to the history of Jacob and his family. JOSEPH, BEING SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD, WAS FEEDING THE FLOCK WITH HIS BRETHREN; having reac...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Joseph Hated by his Brothers...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-4 In Joseph's history we see something of Christ, who was first humbled and then exalted. It also shows the lot of Christians, who must through many tribulations enter into the kingdom. It is a his...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE GENERATIONS, i.e. the events or occurrences which happened to Jacob in his family and issue. So that word is used GENESIS 6:9 NUMBERS 3:1. Or the word THESE may relate to what is said GENESIS 35:2...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 37:2 history H8435 Jacob H3290 Joseph H3130 seventeen H6240 H7651 years H8141 old H1121 feeding H7462 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    JOSEPH While it is nowhere asserted that Joseph was a type of Christ, the analogies are too numerous to be accidental. They are: (1) both were especial objects of a father's love (Genesis 37:3); (Ma...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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,...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Joseph_ THE HISTORY OF JOSEPH 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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    § 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

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    the generations. Toledoth, the history, narrative, or account of the lives and Genesis 2:4 Genesis 5:1 Genesis 6:9 Genesis 10:1 wives....

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    These are the generations of Jacob — It is not a barren genealogy, as those of Esau, but a memorable useful history. Joseph brought to his father their evil report — Jacob's sons did that when they we...

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