Genesis 37:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. ”

Genesis 37:5 - 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 37:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Joseph (c) dreamed a dream, and he told [it] his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. (c) God revealed to him by a dream what should come to pass.
Genesis 37:5 - 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 37:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
Genesis 37:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Joseph dreamed—and they hated him yet the more— Every thing conspired to inflame the envy and malice of his brethren. Artabanus and Justin* ascribe, and very justly, this envy to Joseph's superiori...
Genesis 37:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. Dreamed a dream. Dreams in ancient times were much attended to; and hence, the dream of Joseph, thoug...
Genesis 37:5 - 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 37:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Joseph dreamed a dream. — Though dreams as a rule do but arise from the mind being wearied with overmuch business ( Ecclesiastes 5:3 ), or other trivial causes; yet as being from time to time used...
Genesis 37:5 - 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 37:5 - 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 37:5 - 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 37:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Dreams in the patriarchal age were frequently prophetical. 1 John 3:15 .
Genesis 37:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told [it] his brethren ,.... As a dream, in the simplicity of his heart; not understanding it, or imagining there was any meaning in it; he told it not with any de...
Genesis 37:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told [it] his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. Ver. 5. And Joseph dreamed. ] Of divine dreams to be regarded as oracles, See Trapp on " Gen 20:3 "...
Genesis 37:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joseph dreamed a dream Which it is probable he did not understand at first, and therefore, in great simplicity, told it to his brethren; for, had he understood it, he certainly would not have menti...
Genesis 37:5 - 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 37:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. 6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: 7 For, behold, we...
Genesis 37:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The dream it is probable he did not understand, for then he would never have told it to them, who, as he knew very well, were likely to make an evil construction and use of it.
Genesis 37:5 - 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 37:5 - 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 37:5 - 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 37:5 - 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 37:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joseph dreamed a dream The dreams of Joseph Destined superiority to brethren and parents is the one grand idea that comes out in the strange visions of the night recorded here. 1. This idea...
Genesis 37:5 - 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 37:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren; and they hated him yet the more. Joseph, not realizing the situation in its full gravity, told his dream with boyish eagerness and frankness,...
Genesis 37:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

dreamed. Genesis 37:9 Genesis 28:12 Genesis 40:5 Genesis 41:1 Genesis 42:9 Numbers 12:6 Judges 7:13 Judges 7:14 1 Kings 3:5 Psalms 25:14 Daniel 2:1 Daniel 4:5 Joel 2:28 Amo...
Genesis 37:5 - 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 37:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Though he was now very young, about seventeen years old, yet he was pious and devout, and this fitted him for God's gracious discoveries to him. Joseph had a great deal of trouble before him, and t...

Genesis 37:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 37:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 37:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 37:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 37:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 37:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 37:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 37:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 37:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 37:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 37:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 37:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 37:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 37:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 37:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 37:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 37:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 37:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 37:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 37:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 37:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 37:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 37:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 37:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Genesis 37:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes