Genesis 37:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed [the flock] in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here [am I].

Ver. 13. And he said to him, Here am I.] "Children obey your parents," - quorum divina est dignitas, saith Chrysostom: our parents are Yεοι εφεστιοι, saith another; and Philo, for this maketh the fifth commandment a part of the first table, "for this is right." Eph 6:1 Blind nature saw it to be so. For it is not fit, saith the philosopher, to cross the gods, a man's own father, and his tutor or teacher. a

a Mη καλον κρινειν εναντια τοις Yεοις, πατρι, και Dαδασκαλω. - Aristot., Rhetor.

Genesis 37:13

13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.