Genesis 37:17

Dothan a place not very far from Shechem, where afterwards a city was built. See 2 Kings 6:13.

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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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Some assign to J; more probably it belongs to J and E. To J Genesis 37:12-13 a , Genesis 37:14 b ; to E Genesis 37:13 b , Genesis 37:14 a...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dotha...
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 Genesi...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dothan ] 12 m. N. of Shechem. It was on the caravan route between Syria and Egypt. This explains the passing of the merchants. 21f. The narrative...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Dothan. — This town was twelve miles north of Shechem, and is famous as being the place where Elisha struck the Syrian army with blindness ( 2 King...
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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joseph's Brothers Plot His Death Genesis 37:12-24 Throughout Joseph was a very remarkable type of our Lord. There was, first, this mission of t...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Dothan, a little distance from Shechem, 2 Kings 6:13 .
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the man said, they are departed hence ,.... They had been there, in the field where he and Joseph were, and which was probably the field before...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan....
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 h...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. 13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in S...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Israel said to Joseph, “Aren't your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” And he said to him, “Here I am.”...
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...
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-bel...
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 fr...
The Biblical Illustrator

His brethren went to feed their father’s flock Joseph leaves his father to seek his brethren Do you discover in this any type of the Redeemer?...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 37:12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem — i.e. the modern Nablous, in the plain of Muknah,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joseph Sent to Shechem
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan, which is a town about fourteen miles north of Shechem, toward t...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Dothan. 2 Kings 6:13
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Joseph Seeking His Brethren Genesis 37:12-19 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is difficult for us to understand why Joseph's brethren should have hated h...

¹⁷ And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 37:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Genesis 37:17