_AND JACOB DWELT IN THE LAND WHEREIN HIS FATHER WAS A STRANGER, IN THE LAND OF CANAAN._ JACOB DWELT IN THE LAND WHEREIN HIS FATHER WAS A STRANGER - i:e., sojourner; father used collectively. The patriarch was at this time at Mamre, in the valley of Hebron (cf. Genesis 35:27); and his dwelling there... [ Continue Reading ]
_THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF JACOB. JOSEPH, BEING SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD, WAS FEEDING THE FLOCK WITH HIS BRETHREN; AND THE LAD WAS WITH THE SONS OF BILHAH, AND WITH THE SONS OF ZILPAH, HIS FATHER'S WIVES: AND JOSEPH BROUGHT UNTO HIS FATHER THEIR EVIL REPORT._ Generations х_ TOLªDOWT_ (H8435)] - leadi... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW ISRAEL LOVED JOSEPH MORE THAN ALL HIS CHILDREN, BECAUSE HE WAS THE SON OF HIS OLD AGE: AND HE MADE HIM A COAT OF MANY COLOURS._ Son of his old age. Benjamin being younger, was more the son of his old age, and consequently on that ground might have been expected to be the favourite. Literally r... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN HIS BRETHREN SAW THAT THEIR FATHER LOVED HIM MORE THAN ALL HIS BRETHREN, THEY HATED HIM, AND COULD NOT SPEAK PEACEABLY UNTO HIM._ Could not speak peaceably unto him - i:e., in a kind, friendly manner; they did not say, 'Peace be to thee,' the usual expression of good wishes among friends... [ Continue Reading ]
_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, though he was but a mere boy, engaged the serious consideration of his family. But this dream was evidently sym... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, HEAR, I PRAY YOU, THIS DREAM WHICH I HAVE DREAMED:_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HIS BRETHREN WENT TO FEED THEIR FATHER'S FLOCK IN SHECHEM._ His brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. The vale of Shechem was, from the earliest mention of Canaan, blest with extraordinary abundance of water. Therefore, the sons of Jacob went from Hebron to this place, though... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ Israel said ... Do not thy brethren ... Anxious to learn how his sons were doing, Jacob despatched Joseph to their distant encampment; and the youth, ac... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID TO HIM, GO, I PRAY THEE, SEE WHETHER IT BE WELL WITH THY BRETHREN, AND WELL WITH THE FLOCKS; AND BRING ME WORD AGAIN. SO HE SENT HIM OUT OF THE VALE OF HEBRON, AND HE CAME TO SHECHEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ Found them in Dothan - Hebrew, Dothaim, or 'two wells,' recently discovered in the modern 'Dotan,' situated a few hours' distance from Shechem, in th... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 the level grass-field, where they were watching their cattle, they could perceive him approaching in the distance from the side of Shechem, or rather Samaria.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN JOSEPH WAS COME UNTO HIS BRETHREN, THAT THEY STRIPT JOSEPH OUT OF HIS COAT, HIS COAT OF MANY COLOURS THAT WAS ON HIM;_ They stripped ... coat of ... colours. Imagine him advancing in all the unsuspecting openness of brotherly affection. How astonished and terrified must h... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY TOOK HIM, AND CAST HIM INTO A PIT: AND THE PIT WAS EMPTY, THERE WAS NO WATER IN IT._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY SAT DOWN TO EAT BREAD: AND THEY LIFTED UP THEIR EYES AND LOOKED, AND, BEHOLD, A COMPANY OF ISHMEELITES CAME FROM GILEAD WITH THEIR CAMELS BEARING SPICERY AND BALM AND MYRRH, GOING TO CARRY IT DOWN TO EGYPT._ They sat down to eat bread. What a view does this exhibit of those hardened profl... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JUDAH SAID UNTO HIS BRETHREN, WHAT PROFIT IS IT IF WE SLAY OUR BROTHER, AND CONCEAL HIS BLOOD?_ Judah said ... What profit? The sight of these traveling merchants gave a sudden turn to the views of the conspirators; because having no wish to commit a greater degree of crime than was necessary... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND REUBEN RETURNED UNTO THE PIT; AND, BEHOLD, JOSEPH WAS NOT IN THE PIT; AND HE RENT HIS CLOTHES._ Reuben returned unto the pit. He seems to have designedly taken a circuitous route, with a view of secretly rescuing the poor lad from a lingering death by starvation. By the law of the go'el, the o... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY TOOK JOSEPH'S COAT, AND KILLED A KID OF THE GOATS, AND DIPPED THE COAT IN THE BLOOD;_ They took Joseph's coat. The commission of one sin necessarily leads to another to conceal it; and the scheme of deception which the sons of Jacob planned and practiced on their aged father was a necessa... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 OFFICER, х_ CªRIYC_ (H5631)] - properly a eunuch [Septuagint, spadoon]; often used in a general sense as an... [ Continue Reading ]