“ And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamerc cometh. ”
- 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...
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...
And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. Behold, this dreamer cometh - בעל החלמות baal hachalomoth, this master of dreams, this master dreamer. A form of speech which conveys great...
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...
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...
This dreamer. — Heb., this lord of dreams, a phrase expressive of contempt.
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...
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...
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...
Luke 20:14 See Genesis 42:22 .-Observe how the LORD interposes by his instruments in the hour of need!
And they said one to another ,.... According to the Targum of Jonathan, Simeon and Levi said what follows: nor is it unlikely, since they were hot, passionate, cruel, and bloody minded men, as appea...
And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. Ver. 19. Behold, this dreamer. ] This captain dreamer, or, this architect of dreams. A lewd scoff, and, by it, a cruel calumny. Envy, so...
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...
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...
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...
Heb. This master of dreams, this crafty dreamer, that covers his own ambitious designs and desires with pretences or fictions of dreams.
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 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 37:2 . 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...
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...
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...
Joseph Sent to Shechem
Behold. dreamer. Heb. master of dreams. Genesis 37:5 Genesis 37:11 Genesis 28:12 Genesis 49:23
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...