Genesis 37:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks. ”

Genesis 37:16 - 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...
Genesis 37:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Some assign to J; more probably it belongs to J and E. To J Genesis 37:12-13 a , Genesis 37:14 b ; to E Genesis 37:13 b , Genesis 37:14 a may be allotted. Genesis 37:15-17 may belong t...
Genesis 37:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks .
Genesis 37:16 - 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....
Genesis 37:16 - 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...
Genesis 37:16 - 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...
Genesis 37:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joseph's Brothers Plot His Death Genesis 37:12-24 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...
Genesis 37:16 - 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...
Genesis 37:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joseph's question leads the mind to that, Song of Solomon 1:7 .
Genesis 37:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said, I seek my brethren ,.... Whom, no doubt, he described to the man, and told him who they were, and to whom they belonged; or otherwise the man would have been at a loss to know who he me...
Genesis 37:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed [their flocks]. Ver. 16. I seek my brethren. ] He stayed not at Shechem, whither his father sent him; but missing them ther...
Genesis 37:16 - 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...
Genesis 37:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. 13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And...
Genesis 37:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Genesis 37:16 - 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 wel...
Genesis 37:16 - 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...
Genesis 37:16 - 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...
Genesis 37:16 - 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...
Genesis 37:16 - 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 h...
Genesis 37:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 pa...
Genesis 37:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joseph Sent to Shechem
Genesis 37:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

seek. Luke 19:10 tell me. Song of Solomon 1:7
Genesis 37:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Joseph Seeking His Brethren Genesis 37:12-19 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...

Genesis 37:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 37:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 37:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 37:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 37:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 37:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 37:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 37:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 37:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 37:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 37:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 37:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 37:16 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 37:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 37:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 37:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 37:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 37:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 37:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary