Genesis 37:18

And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

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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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they (g) conspired against him to slay him. (g) The Holy Spirit does not cover...
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 ; Genesi...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

18. And when they saw him afar off. Here again Moses, so far from sparing the fame of his own family by adulation, brands its chiefs with a m...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. When they saw him afar off. On th...
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...
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

Luke 20:14 See Genesis 42:22 .-Observe how the LORD interposes by his instruments in the hour of need!
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

UNBROTHERLY BROTHERS ‘They conspired against (Joseph).’ Genesis 37:18 The scene changes. Dothan was, and is, on the line of traffic between...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when they saw him afar off ,.... They knew him as soon as they saw him, by his stature, his gesture or manner of walking, and especially by his...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. Ver. 18. They conspired against him. ]...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When they saw him they conspired against him It was not in a heat, or upon a sudden provocation, that they thought to slay him, but from malice pre...
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...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 37:18 . Conspired.] Heb. “Cunningly plotted.”— Genesis 37:19 . This dreamer. ] Heb. “Lord, or master of dreams;” usin...
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

They conspired against him to slay him The conspiracy to murder Joseph I. AN EXAMPLE OF THE RAPIDLY DOWNWARD COURSE OF EVIL. II. AN EXAMPLE....
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 when they saw him a far off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. They recognized Joseph even from a dista...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

conspired. 1 Samuel 19:1 Psalms 31:13 Psalms 37:12 Psalms 37:32 Psalms 94:21 Psalms 105:25 Psalms 109:4 Matthew 21:38 Matthew 27:1...
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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And when they saw him afar off they conspired against him — It was not in a heat, or upon a sudden provocation, that they thought to slay him, but...

¹⁸ And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 37:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy 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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Genesis 37:18