Verse Genesis 37:3. _A COAT OF MANY COLOURS._] כתנת פסים _kethoneth passim_, a coat made up of stripes of differently coloured cloth. Similar to this was the _toga praetexta_ of the Roman youth, whic...
- 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 of Mount Leban...
XII. THE GENERATIONS OF JACOB CHAPTER 37 The Story of Joseph _ 1. Jacob dwelling in Canaan (Genesis 37:1)_ 2. Joseph's character and feeding the flock (Genesis 37:2) 3. Beloved of his father (Gene...
JOSEPH HATED BY HIS BROTHERS ON ACCOUNT OF HIS TALEBEARING, HIS FATHER'S Partiality, AND HIS DREAMS OF SUPREMACY. Genesis 37:1_ a_ is certainly from P, but probably Genesis 37:2 b also. It gives a thi...
(JE.) The Narrative of Joseph and his Brethren The remaining Chapter s of the book, with the exception of chap. 38, deal with the story of Joseph. In its way this story is probably unsurpassed. Its v...
(JE). Joseph sold into Egypt 2 b (J). _and he was a lad with_, &c. The English here gives an awkward rendering. The meaning is, "he was keeping sheep, being still a lad, with his brethren, the sons of...
_Israel_ In J this name is generally used. Contrast the use of Jacob by P in Genesis 37:2. _the son of his old age_ This is hardly the description that we should expect from chap. Genesis 30:22-24, wh...
(J). Joseph and his Brethren...
SON OF HIS OLD AGE— We find Benjamin too was particularly beloved by Jacob; but he was not yet grown up to give proofs of superior piety and virtue, as Joseph had done. Jacob was about ninety years ol...
PART FORTY-SIX THE STORY OF JOSEPH (Genesis 37:1-36; Genesis 39:1 to Genesis 47:31) 1. _The Biblical Story: Joseph as a Youth in Canaan_ ...
_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 hi...
37:3 colours. (f-26) Or 'a coat with sleeves;' and so vers. 23,32....
A COAT OF _many_ COLOURS] RM 'a long garment with sleeves,' i.e. reaching to the ankles and wrists, and worn by persons of distinction. The ordinary coat had no sleeves and reached only to the knees....
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 event...
Most people wore coats that had no sleeves. Their coats reached to their knees. Joseph’s coat had sleeves and it was extra long. It was a special gift that his father gave to him. Probably it meant th...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 37 JOSEPH’S DREAMS V1 Jacob lived in the country that is called *Canaan. That is the country where his father had stayed. V2 This is the story of...
HE WAS THE SON OF HIS OLD AGE. — Jacob was ninety-one when Joseph was born; but at Benjamin’s birth he was eight or nine years older; and according to the common belief that Jacob was only twenty year...
וְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אָהַ֤ב אֶת ־יֹוסֵף֙ מִ כָּל
JOSEPH'S DREAMS Genesis 37:1 "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 difficultie...
JOSEPH LOVED AND HATED; HIS DREAMS Genesis 37:1 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 beloved...
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 figu...
THE SEEDS OF JEALOUSY Jealousy yields ugly actions. Joseph' brothers were jealous of him for several reasons. When Joseph was seventeen, the sons of Bilhah, Dan and Naphtali, and Zilpah, Gad and Asher...
_Old age, and therefore expected to have no more children; but he loved him still more, on account of his innocent and sweet behaviour (Menochius): in which sense the Samaritan, Chaldean, &c., have, ...
Judges 5:30; 2 Samuel 13:18. It were to be wished that parents would remember the apostle's precept, of doing nothing by partiality. 1 Timothy 5:21. Observe on the subject of hatred: Joh 7:7;...
Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
_THE FAVOURITE SON_ ‘Israel loved Joseph more than all his children.’ Genesis 37:3 Joseph was most loved because he was a son born to Jacob in ‘old age’—over ninety. Benjamin was perhaps too young...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 37 THROUGH 41. What follows from chapter 37 is the interesting history of Joseph, to which even children ever yield a ready ear, although ignorant of all the...
NOW ISRAEL LOVED JOSEPH MORE THAN ALL HIS CHILDREN,.... He being the firstborn of his beloved Rachel, and a lovely youth, of a beautiful aspect, very promising, prudent and pious: the reason given in...
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. Ver. 3. _Because he was the son of his old age._] The Chaldee Pa...
_The son of his old age_ Born when Jacob was ninety-one years old. Such children are commonly best beloved of their parents. Several of the ancient translations, _Chaldee, Persian, Arabic_, and _Samar...
2 Ioseph is hated of his brethren. 5 His two dreames. 13 Iacob sendeth him to visite his brethren. 18 His brethren conspire his death. 21 Reuben saueth him. 26 They sell him to the Ishmeelites....
Joseph Hated by his Brothers...
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age. With the exception of Benjamin, who was then still in his infancy, Joseph had been his last son, and Rachel's...
THIRD PERIOD The Genesis of the People of israel in egypt from the twelve branches of israel, or the history of joseph and his brethren. joseph the patriarch of the faith-dispensation through humilia...
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, but...
WHEREIN HIS FATHER WAS A STRANGER: _ Heb._ of his fathers sojournings COLORS: Or, pieces...
1-4 In Joseph's history we see something of Christ, who was first humbled and then exalted. It also shows the lot of Christians, who must through many tribulations enter into the kingdom. It is a his...
HE WAS THE SON OF HIS OLD AGE, being born when Jacob was ninety-one years old. Such children are commonly best beloved by their parents, either because such are a singular blessing of God, and a more...
On which we shall dwell more particularly. There is not in scripture a more perfect and beautiful type of Christ than Joseph. Whether we view Christ as the object of the Father's love, the object of t...
Genesis 37:3 Israel H3478 loved H157 (H8804) Joseph H3130 children H1121 son H1121 age H2208 made H6213 ...
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 to whic...
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 greatly,...
Genesis 37:3 , ETC. Jacob was wrong in making a favourite of Joseph. The coat of many colours was the dress the firstborn child was to wear. In giving it to Joseph, Jacob was making him like the firs...
CONTENTS: Generations of Joseph. Joseph hated and rejected by his brothers. Cast into pit. Carried away by Gentiles. CHARACTERS: Jacob, Joseph, Reuben, Judah, Potiphar. CONCLUSION: Envy is a canker...
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 wicked...
_Israel loved Joseph more than all his children_ PARTIALITY IN THE FAMILY I. IT WAS NATURAL. 1. On account of a kindred spirit. 2. On account of pleasant associations. II. UNCONCEALED. 1. It was...
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 13:18, to...
§ 11. THE GENERATIONS OF JACOB (GENESIS 37:2-1Genesis 37:2-1). EXPOSITION 1. HAVING disposed, in the preceding section, of the line of Esau by a brief sketch of its historical development du
Genesis chapter thirty-seven. And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. And these are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feedi...
loved. John 3:35 John 13:22 John 13:23 son. Genesis 44:20 a coat. Genesis 37:23
JOSEPH A TYPE OF CHRIST Genesis 37:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Genesis 36:1 presents to us the generations of Esau, who is Edom. The Edomites became a mighty people on the earth, but their glories centered...
He made him a coat of divers colours — Which probably was significant of farther honours intended him....