Genesis 37:30 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go? ”

Genesis 37:30 - 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 37:30 - 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 37:30 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

30. And he returned. We may hence gather that Reuben, under pretense of some other business, stole away from his brethren, that, unknown to them all, he might restore his brother, drawn out o...
Genesis 37:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go? The child is not; and I, whither shall I go? - The words in the original are very plaintive, הילד איננו ואנ...
Genesis 37:30 - 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 37:30 - 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 37:30 - 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 37:30 - 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 37:30 - 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 37:30 - 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 37:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he returned unto his brethren ,.... From the pit, and whom he suspected had took him and killed him, as was their first design, not being with them when they proposed to sell him, and did: and...
Genesis 37:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child [is] not; and I, whither shall I go? Ver. 30. The child is not; and I, &c. ] In an old manuscript, I met with these words thus pathetical...
Genesis 37:30 - 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 37:30 - 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 37:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He calls him the child comparatively to his brethren, though he was seventeen years old, Genesis 37:2 . The child is not, i.e. is not in the land of the living, or is dead, as that phrase is c...
Genesis 37:30 - 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 37:30 - 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 37:30 - 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 37:30 - 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 37:30 - 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 37:30 - 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 37:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jacob's Grief over Joseph
Genesis 37:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 37:20 Genesis 42:13 Genesis 42:32 Genesis 42:35 Jeremiah 31:15

Genesis 37:30 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 37:30 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:30 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 37:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 37:30 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:30 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 37:30 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 37:30 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 37:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 37:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 37:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 37:30 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 37:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 37:30 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 37:30 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 37:30 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 37:30 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 37:30 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 37:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 37:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge