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Verse Genesis 37:36. _POTIPHAR, AN OFFICER OF PHARAOH'S_] The word
סריס _saris_, translated _officer_, signifies a _eunuch_; and lest
any person should imagine that because this Potiphar _had a wife_,...
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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 Leba...
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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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SOLD HIM... TO POTIPHAR... CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD.
The last expression is literally rendered, "chief of the
executioners." The king's body guard were assigned the work of
executing his edicts, and henc...
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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 o...
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AN OFFICER OF PHARAOH'S— Pharaoh, as we have before observed, was
the common name of the kings of AEgypt. The person here mentioned is
said to have been _captain of the guards_ שׂראּהטבחים
_Sar-hataba...
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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_ (Genesis
37:1-36).
1 And Jacob dwelt in the land of his fathe...
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_AND THE MIDIANITES SOLD HIM INTO EGYPT UNTO POTIPHAR, AN OFFICER OF
PHARAOH'S, AND CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD._
Sold him ... unto Potiphar, [Septuagint, Petefree] - i:e. belonging to
the sun.
AN OFFICER...
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37:36 chamberlain (b-11) See 1 Samuel 8:15 . Pharaoh, (c-13)
'Pharaoh,' the title of the Egyptian kings....
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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 even...
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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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MIDIANITES. — Heb., _Medanites._ (See Note on Genesis 37:25.)
POTIPHAR. — Three chief interpretations are given of this name The
first explains it by two Coptic words, according to which it would
sig...
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וְ הַ֨ מְּדָנִ֔ים מָכְר֥וּ אֹתֹ֖ו אֶל
־מִצְרָ֑יִם לְ פֹֽוטִיפַר֙ סְרִ֣יס
פַּרְעֹ֔ה שַׂ֖ר הַ טַּבָּחִֽים׃ פ
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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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And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an (l) officer
of Pharaoh's, [and] captain of the guard.
(l) Or "eunuch", which does not always signify a man that is gelded,
but also someone th...
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_An eunuch. This word sometimes signifies a chamberlain, courtier, or
officer of the king: and so it is taken in this place. (Challoner) ---
Soldiers, cooks, or butchers. Hebrew tabachim, executioners...
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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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36._And the Midianites sold him into Egypt _It was a sad spectacle,
that Joseph should be thus driven from one hand to another. For it
added no small indignity to his former suffering, that he is set...
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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 THE MIDIANITES SOLD HIM INTO EGYPT,.... Or Medanites, who sprung
from Medan, a brother of Midian, and son of Keturah, Genesis 24:2; and
were distinct from the Midianites, though they dwelt near th...
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And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of
Pharaoh's, [and] captain of the guard.
Ver. 36. _And the Midianites._] Little knew Joseph what God was in
doing. Have patience, til...
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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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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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OFFICER:
_ Heb._ Eunuch. But the word doth signify not only eunuchs, but also
chamberlains, courtiers, and officers
CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD:
_ Heb._ chief of the slaughter men, or executioners. Or, ch...
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31-36 When Satan has taught men to commit one sin, he teaches them to
try to conceal it with another; to hide theft and murder, with lying
and false oaths: but he that covers his sin shall not prospe...
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Whose office it was to apprehend and punish criminal persons. See
GENESIS 40:3 JEREMIAH 39:9 MARK 6:27....
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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 37:36 Midianites H4092 sold H4376 (H8804) Egypt H4714 Potiphar
H6318 officer H5631 Pharaoh H6547 captain H8269 guard H2876
THE MIDIANITES - GENESIS 37:28, GENESIS 25:1-2, GENESIS 39:1
office...
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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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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 deri...
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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 SLAY OUR BROTH...
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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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the Midianites. Genesis 37:28 Genesis 25:1 Genesis 25:2 Genesis 39:1
officer. Heb. eunuch. Esther 1:10 Isaiah 56:3 captain. Or, chief
marshal. Heb. chief of the slaughtermen, Genesis 39:1 Genesis 40:4...