Genesis 37:29 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes. ”

Genesis 37:29 - 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 37:29 - 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 37:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes. Ruben returned unto the pit - It appears he was absent when the caravan passed by, to whom the oth...
Genesis 37:29 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And Reuben returned unto the pit, &c.— We remarked on Genesis 37:2 that the sons of Jacob fed their flocks separately: this is confirmed by the present verse. For it is unquestionable, that R...
Genesis 37:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes. Reuben returned unto the pit. He seems to have designedly taken a circuitous route, with a v...
Genesis 37:29 - 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 37:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Reuben returned. — Evidently he was not present when Joseph was sold to the Midianites. This has been made into a difficulty, but really it confirms the truth of the narrative. For the difficulty a...
Genesis 37:29 - 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 37:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joseph Sold into Egypt Genesis 37:25-36 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 n...
Genesis 37:29 - 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 37:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 39:1 ; Hebrews: Eunuch, or Chamberlain of Pharaoh's household, as well as Captain of the guard.
Genesis 37:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Reuben returned unto the pit ,.... It is very probable he had pretended to go somewhere on business, with an intention to take a circuit, and come to the pit and deliver his brother, and go home...
Genesis 37:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph [was] not in the pit; and he rent his clothes. Ver. 29. He rent his clothes. ] In token of extreme passion. A custom in use also among some he...
Genesis 37:29 - 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 37:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him; 24 And they took him, and cast him i...
Genesis 37:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Reuben returned unto the pit, that, according to his brethren's order, Genesis 37:27 , he might take him thence and sell him. He rent his clothes, as the manner was upon doleful occurrences. S...
Genesis 37:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Reuben returned to the cistern, and behold, Joseph was not in the cistern, and he tore his clothes, and he returned to his brothers and said, “The child is not, and as for me, where shall I go?...
Genesis 37:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Genesis 37:29 - 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 37:29 - 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 37:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

Reuben returned Lessons 1. Under the wise providence of God, helpers may come too late to so save oppressed. 2. Creatures as they intend, so may they do their utmost to save, when God will...
Genesis 37:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 )...
Genesis 37:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Reuben returned unto the pit. The brothers had taken advantage of his absence to carry out Judah's plan. And, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes in deep grief and sorrow...
Genesis 37:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

he rent. Genesis 37:34 Genesis 34:13 Numbers 14:6 Judges 11:35 2 Kings 19:1 Job 1:20 Joel 2:13 Acts 14:14

Genesis 37:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 37:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 37:29 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 37:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 37:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 37:29 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 37:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 37:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 37:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 37:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 37:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 37:29 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 37:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 37:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 37:29 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 37:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 37:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 37:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 37:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 37:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge