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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 37:14

Whether it be well with thy brethren. — Jacob might well fear lest the natives should form a confederacy against his sons, and take vengeance upon them for their cruelty. They were too fierce themselves to have any such alarm, but Jacob was of a far more timid disposition.

The vale of Hebron. — The flocks and herds which formed the portion of Jacob’s cattle which pastured nearest home, occupied the country immediately to the north of Hebron as far as the tower of Eder; but he would no doubt pitch his own tent as near as possible to that of his father

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 37:14. _GO - SEE WHETHER IT BE WELL WITH THY BRETHREN_] Literally, Go, I beseech thee, and see the peace of thy brethren, and the peace of the flock. Go and see whether they are all in...

  • 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

    Some assign to J; more probably it belongs to J and E. To J Genesis 37:12_ a_, Genesis 37:14_ b_; to E Genesis 37:13_ b_, Genesis 37:14

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the vale of Hebron_ The residence of Jacob; cf. Genesis 35:27....

  • 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

    SO HE SENT HIM OUT OF THE VALE OF HEBRON, &C.— _Hebron,_ where Jacob now dwelt, was at a considerable distance (sixty miles, according to Ainsworth) from Shechem, where Jacob having purchased some lan...

  • 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

    _AND HE SAID TO HIM, GO, I PRAY THEE, SEE WHETHER IT BE WELL WITH THY BRETHREN, AND WELL WITH THE FLOCKS; AND BRING ME WORD AGAIN. SO HE SENT HIM OUT OF THE VALE OF HEBRON, AND HE CAME TO SHECHEM._ N...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    37:14 welfare (b-13) welfare (b-20) Lit. 'peace.'...

  • 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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    God began to carry out an important plan. Joseph’s journey from Hebron to Shechem was 80 kilometres (50 miles). But soon after this, God sent Joseph out of *Canaan, the country where he was, to anothe...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר לֹ֗ו לֶךְ ־נָ֨א רְאֵ֜ה אֶת

  • 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'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...

  • 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

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Bring me. He was afraid of letting him remain with them, and retained him mostly at home for company, and to protect him from danger._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Joseph's question leads the mind to that, Song of Solomon 1:7....

  • 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 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

    AND HE SAID TO HIM, GO, I PRAY THEE,.... Or "now" k, directly, immediately, which is more agreeable to the authority of a father: SEE WHETHER IT BE WELL WITH THY BRETHREN, AND WELL WITH THE FLOCKS; i...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem._ V...

  • 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

    And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. To inform himself of the well-being of his brothers and of that of the...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Joseph Sent to Shechem...

  • 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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    SEE WHETHER IT BE WELL WITH THY BRETHREN: _ Heb._ see the peace of thy brethren, etc...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • 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 37:14 said H559 (H8799) go H3212 (H8798) see H7200 (H8798) well H7965 brothers H251 well...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And Israel said to Joseph, “Aren't your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” And he said to him, “Here I am.” And he said to him, “Go now. See whether it is well...

  • 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

    _His brethren went to feed their father’s flock_ JOSEPH LEAVES HIS FATHER TO SEEK HIS BRETHREN Do you discover in this any type of the Redeemer? Does it remind you of one who left a far better home,...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 37:12 SHECHEM. See note on 33:17–18. ⇐...

  • 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

    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...

  • 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

    see whether it be well with. Heb. see the peace of thy Genesis 29:6 Genesis 41:16 1 Samuel 17:17 1 Samuel 17:18...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    JOSEPH SEEKING HIS BRETHREN Genesis 37:12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is difficult for us to understand why Joseph's brethren should have hated him. Joseph was but a youth of quiet mien and true integrit...

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