Genesis 37:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. ”

• Genesis 37:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  - 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 o...

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• Genesis 37:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a (a) stranger, in the land of Canaan. (a) That is, the story of such things as came to him and his family as in ( Genesis 5:1 )

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• Genesis 37:1 - 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 37:1-2 a is certainly from P, but probably Genesis 37:2 b also. It...

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• Genesis 37:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  1. And Jacob dwelt. Moses confirms what he had before declared, that, by the departure of Esau, the land was left to holy Jacob as its sole possessor. Although in appearance he did not obtain...

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• Genesis 37:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. Wherein his father was a stranger - מגורי אביו megurey abiv, Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojournings,...

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• Genesis 37:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  His father was a stranger— i.e.. A sojourner, not one of the original inhabitants and possessors of the land: the Hebrew, in the margin of our Bibles, in the land of his father's sojourning, is p...

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• Genesis 37:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger - i:e., sojourner; father used collectively. The...

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• Genesis 37:1 - 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 e...

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• Genesis 37:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  XXXVII. (1) And Jacob... — This verse is not the beginning of a new section, but the conclusion of the Tôldôth Esau. In Genesis 36:6 , we read that Esau went into a land away from Jacob. Upon...

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• Genesis 37:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  JOSEPH'S DREAMS Genesis 37:1-36 "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 d...

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• Genesis 37:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Joseph Loved and Hated; His Dreams Genesis 37:1-11 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...

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• Genesis 37:1 - 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 fig...

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• Genesis 37:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  CONTENTS The interesting history of the Patriarch Joseph, the son of Israel, begins at this Chapter. And as he is in many instances a most striking type of the LORD JESUS, it merits our attention th...

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• Genesis 37:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger ,.... And this stands opposed unto, and is distinguished from the case and circumstances of Esau and his posterity, expressed in the pre...

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• Genesis 37:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. Ver. 1. In the land of his father's sojournings (Marg.).] The dukes of Edom had habitations in the land of thei...

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• Genesis 37:1 - L. 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, b...

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• Genesis 37:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The History of Joseph. B. C. 1729.       1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was...

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• Genesis 37:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  GENESIS CHAPTER 37 Jacob dwells in Canaan: Joseph brings to his father an ill report of his brethren, Genesis 37:2 . He loves, they hate him, Genesis 37:3,4 ; the more because of his dreams w...

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• Genesis 37:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan.' In contrast with Esau Jacob remains in the promised land. This is the crucially important statement that keeps Jaco...

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• Genesis 37:1 - 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...

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• Genesis 37:1 - 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 greatl...

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• Genesis 37:1 - 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 wic...

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• Genesis 37:1 - 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 gen...

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• Genesis 37:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  § 10. THE GENERATIONS OF ESAU ( CH . 36:1-37:1). EXPOSITION Genesis 36:1 Now these are the generations (cf. Genesis 2:4 ; Genesis 5:1 , &c.) of Esau ,—Hairy (vide Genesis 2...

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• Genesis 37:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. He had now entered upon the inheritance of his father, he was the bearer of the patriarchal blessing; although a...

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• Genesis 37:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  A.M. 2276. B.C. 1728. wherein his father was a stranger. Heb. of his father's Genesis 17:8 Genesis 23:4 Genesis 28:4 Genesis 36:7 Hebrews 11:9-16

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• Genesis 37:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Joseph a Type of Christ Genesis 37:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Genesis 36:1-43 presents to us the generations of Esau, who is Edom. The Edomites became a mighty people on the earth, but their gl...

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