Genesis 37:36 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officere of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard. ”

Genesis 37:36 - 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 37:36 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an (l) officer of Pharaoh's, [and] captain of the guard. (l) Or "eunuch", which does not always signify a man that is gelded, but also someone t...
Genesis 37:36 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

36. And the Midianites sold him into Egypt It was a sad spectacle, that Joseph should be thus driven from one hand to another. For it added no small indignity to his former suffering, that h...
Genesis 37:36 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's - The word סריס saris, translated officer, signifies a eun...
Genesis 37:36 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

An officer of Pharaoh's— Pharaoh, as we have before observed, was the common name of the kings of AEgypt. The person here mentioned is said to have been captain of the guards שׂראּהטבחים Sar-hat...
Genesis 37:36 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard. Sold him ... unto Potiphar, [Septuagint, Petefree] - i:e. belonging to the sun. An...
Genesis 37:36 - 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 37:36 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Midianites. — Heb., Medanites. (See Note on Genesis 37:25 .) Potiphar. — Three chief interpretations are given of this name The first explains it by two Coptic words, according to which it wo...
Genesis 37:36 - 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 37:36 - 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 37:36 - 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 37:36 - 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 37:36 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the Midianites sold him into Egypt ,.... Or Medanites, who sprung from Medan, a brother of Midian, and son of Keturah, Genesis 24:2 ; and were distinct from the Midianites, though they dwelt ne...
Genesis 37:36 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, [and] captain of the guard. Ver. 36. And the Midianites. ] Little knew Joseph what God was in doing. Have patience, t...
Genesis 37:36 - 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 37:36 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; 32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said...
Genesis 37:36 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Whose office it was to apprehend and punish criminal persons. See Genesis 40:3 Jeremiah 39:9 Mark 6:27 .
Genesis 37:36 - 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 37:36 - 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 37:36 - 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 37:36 - 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 37:36 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jacob's Grief over Joseph
Genesis 37:36 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

the Midianites. Genesis 37:28 Genesis 25:1 Genesis 25:2 Genesis 39:1 officer. Heb. eunuch. Esther 1:10 Isaiah 56:3 captain. Or, chief marshal. Heb. chief of the slaughtermen, Genesis 39:...

Genesis 37:36 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 37:36 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 37:36 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:36 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 37:36 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 37:36 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 37:36 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:36 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 37:36 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 37:36 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 37:36 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 37:36 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 37:36 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 37:36 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 37:36 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:36 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 37:36 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 37:36 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 37:36 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 37:36 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 37:36 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 37:36 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 37:36 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge