Genesis 37:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.a ”

Genesis 37:3 - 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 37:3 - 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...
Genesis 37:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. A coat of many colors - כתנת פסים kethoneth passim, a coat made...
Genesis 37:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Son of his old age— We find Benjamin too was particularly beloved by Jacob; but he was not yet grown up to give proofs of superior piety and virtue, as Joseph had done. Jacob was about ninety years...
Genesis 37:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. Son of his old age. Benjamin being younger, was more the son...
Genesis 37:3 - 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 37:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He was the son of his old age. — Jacob was ninety-one when Joseph was born; but at Benjamin’s birth he was eight or nine years older; and according to the common belief that Jacob was only twenty y...
Genesis 37:3 - 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 37:3 - 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...
Genesis 37:3 - 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 37:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 5:30 ; 2 Samuel 13:18 . It were to be wished that parents would remember the apostle's precept, of doing nothing by partiality. 1 Timothy 5:21 . Observe on the subject of hatred: Joh 7:7;...
Genesis 37:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE FAVOURITE SON ‘Israel loved Joseph more than all his children.’ Genesis 37:3 Joseph was most loved because he was a son born to Jacob in ‘old age’—over ninety. Benjamin was perhaps too y...
Genesis 37:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children ,.... He being the firstborn of his beloved Rachel, and a lovely youth, of a beautiful aspect, very promising, prudent and pious: the reason given...
Genesis 37:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he [was] the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of [many] colours. Ver. 3. Because he was the son of his old age. ] The Chaldee...
Genesis 37:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The son of his old age Born when Jacob was ninety-one years old. Such children are commonly best beloved of their parents. Several of the ancient translations, Chaldee, Persian, Arabic , and Sama...
Genesis 37:3 - 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 37:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The History of Joseph. B. C. 1729. 1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was...
Genesis 37:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He was the son of his old age, being born when Jacob was ninety-one years old. Such children are commonly best beloved by their parents, either because such are a singular blessing of God, and a mo...
Genesis 37:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:2 a “This is the family history of Jacob.” This verse is extremely important as establishing that ‘toledoth' means family history. It is clearly a colophon identifying the tablet t...
Genesis 37:3 - 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 37:3 - 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 37:3 - 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 37:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Israel loved Joseph more than all his children Partiality in the family I. IT WAS NATURAL. 1. On account of a kindred spirit. 2. On account of pleasant associations. II. UNCONCEALED....
Genesis 37:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

§ 11. THE GENERATIONS OF JACOB ( Genesis 37:2-1 Genesis 37:2-1 ). EXPOSITION 1. HAVING disposed, in the preceding section, of the line of Esau by a brief sketch of its historical d...
Genesis 37:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joseph Hated by his Brothers
Genesis 37:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

loved. John 3:35 John 13:22 John 13:23 son. Genesis 44:20-30 a coat. Genesis 37:23 Genesis 37:32 Judges 5:30 2 Samuel 13:18 Psalms 45:13 Psalms 45:14 Ezekiel 16:16 colours.
Genesis 37:3 - 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...
Genesis 37:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He made him a coat of divers colours — Which probably was significant of farther honours intended him.

Genesis 37:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 37:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 37:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 37:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 37:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 37:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 37:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 37:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 37:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 37:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 37:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 37:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 37:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 37:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 37:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 37:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 37:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 37:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 37:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 37:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 37:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 37:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 37:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Genesis 37:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes