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Verse Genesis 37:20. _COME NOW AND LET US SLAY HIM_] What unprincipled
savages these must have been to talk thus coolly about imbruing their
hands in an innocent brother's blood! How necessary is a Di...
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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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_one of the pits_) Cisterns, or tanks, are necessary in that country
for the storage of water. Long droughts are frequent, and the heat
very great. Water is needed for the flocks and herds. The tanks...
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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 WHEN THEY SAW HIM AFAR OFF, EVEN BEFORE HE CAME NEAR UNTO THEM,
THEY CONSPIRED AGAINST HIM TO SLAY HIM._
When they saw him afar off. On the level grass-field, where they were
watching their catt...
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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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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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‘Deep holes in the ground’. People had made deep holes in the rock
in order to store water. The holes were large but they were narrow at
the top. People filled the holes with water in the rainy season...
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INTO SOME PIT. — Heb., _into one of the pits,_ that is, cisterns dug
to catch and preserve the rain water. In summer they are dry, and a
man thrown into one of them would have very little chance of es...
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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'S BROTHERS PLOT HIS DEATH
Genesis 37:12
Throughout Joseph was a very remarkable type of our Lord. There was,
first, this mission of the beloved son to inquire after the well-being
of his breth...
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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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AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REVENGE
Joseph's brothers took their father's sheep to the area around
Shechem. Remember, this area would have been fraught with potential
danger because of the slaughter worked by...
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_Pit: walled around to contain water: Hebrew Bur. Bar means a well
that has no walls. (Menochius) --- Shall appear. They resolve to tell
a lie, and easily believe that Joseph had been as bad as themse...
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Luke 20:14
See Genesis 42:22.-Observe how the LORD interposes by his instruments
in the hour of need!...
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Psalms 64:5...
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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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20._And cast him into some pit_. Before they perpetrate the murder,
they seek a pretext whereby they may conceal their crime from men.
Meanwhile, it never enters into their mind, that what is hidden f...
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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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COME NOW THEREFORE, AND LET US SLAY HIM,.... Agree to do it, and
actually do it:
AND CAST HIM INTO SOME PIT; or, "one of the pits" s, which were near,
and were dug for the collection of rainwater, as...
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Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit,
and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see
what will become of his dreams.
Ver. 20. _And we will say._]...
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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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Joseph Sent to Shechem...
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Come now, therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him in to some pit,
and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him; and we shall see
what will become of his dreams. The cold-blooded manner of t...
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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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12-22 How readily does Joseph wait his father's orders! Those
children who are best beloved by their parents, should be the most
ready to obey them. See how deliberate Joseph's brethren were against...
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CAST HIM INTO SOME PIT; partly, as unworthy of burial; partly, to
cover their villanous action; and partly, that they might quickly put
him out of their sight and minds. SOME EVIL BEAST HATH DEVOURED...
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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 37:20 Come H3212 (H8798) kill H2026 (H8799) cast H7993 (H8686)
some H259 pit H953 say...
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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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_We will say, some evil beast hath devoured him_
PLOTTINGS OF INIQUITY
This text is no part of revelation.
It is a premeditated falsehood, agreed to and told by Joseph’s
brothers, to account for hi...
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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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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 37:18 THIS DREAMER. The brothers’ comment
is full of sarcasm. The expression implies “master/owner of the
dreams.”
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 37:18. Conspired.] Heb. “Cunningly plotted.”—
GENESIS 37:19. THIS DREAMER.] Heb. “Lord, or master of dreams;”
using the title in bitter scorn.—
Genesis 37:23. They stript Jo...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 37:12
AND HIS BRETHREN WENT TO FEED THEIR FATHER'S FLOCK IN SHECHEM—_i.e._
the modern Nablous, in the plain of Muknah, which belonged to Jacob
partly by purchase and partly by conq...
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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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and let. Psalms 64:5 Proverbs 1:11 Proverbs 1:12 Proverbs 1:16 Proverb
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JOSEPH REJECTED BY HIS BRETHREN
Genesis 37:20 _-Genesis 39:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
As we proceed to consider Joseph, as rejected of his brethren, there
will be discovered an outline of Christ rejected...