Genesis 37:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. ”

Genesis 37:18 - 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 37:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they (g) conspired against him to slay him. (g) The Holy Spirit does not cover the faults of men, as vain writers do, who make vi...
Genesis 37:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 ; Genesis 37:27-28 (and sold to silver), to E Genesis 37...
Genesis 37:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

18. And when they saw him afar off. Here again Moses, so far from sparing the fame of his own family by adulation, brands its chiefs with a mark of eternal infamy, and exposes them to the hat...
Genesis 37:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
Genesis 37:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 thei...
Genesis 37:18 - 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 37:18 - 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 37:18 - 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 37:18 - 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 37:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 20:14 See Genesis 42:22 .-Observe how the LORD interposes by his instruments in the hour of need!
Genesis 37:18 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

UNBROTHERLY BROTHERS ‘They conspired against (Joseph).’ Genesis 37:18 The scene changes. Dothan was, and is, on the line of traffic between the East and Egypt; it was quite natural, therefor...
Genesis 37:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when they saw him afar off ,.... They knew him as soon as they saw him, by his stature, his gesture or manner of walking, and especially by his coat of various colours he now had on, Genesis 37...
Genesis 37:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. Ver. 18. They conspired against him. ] So did the husbandmen against Christ: "This is th...
Genesis 37:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When they saw him they conspired against him It was not in a heat, or upon a sudden provocation, that they thought to slay him, but from malice prepense, and in cold blood. Behold this dreamer com...
Genesis 37:18 - 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 37:18 - 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 37:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Genesis 37:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 . T...
Genesis 37:18 - 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 37:18 - 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 37:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

They conspired against him to slay him The conspiracy to murder Joseph I. AN EXAMPLE OF THE RAPIDLY DOWNWARD COURSE OF EVIL. II. AN EXAMPLE. OF THE BOLD DARING OF SINNERS. III. AN EXAMPLE...
Genesis 37:18 - 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 37:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joseph Sent to Shechem
Genesis 37:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

conspired. 1 Samuel 19:1 Psalms 31:13 Psalms 37:12 Psalms 37:32 Psalms 94:21 Psalms 105:25 Psalms 109:4 Matthew 21:38 Matthew 27:1 Mark 12:7 Mark 14:1 Luke 20:14 Luke 20:15...
Genesis 37:18 - 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 37:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And when they saw him afar off they conspired against him — It was not in a heat, or upon a sudden provocation, that they thought to slay him, but from malice propense, and in cold blood.

Genesis 37:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 37:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 37:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 37:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 37:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 37:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 37:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 37:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 37:18 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 37:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 37:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 37:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 37:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 37:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 37:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 37:18 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 37:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 37:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 37:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 37:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 37:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 37:18 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Genesis 37:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes