Sold him] Syrian slaves were highly valued by the Egyptians. Potiphar] probably means 'the gift of Ra,' the sun-god of the Egyptians.
Captain of the guard] i.e. of the bodyguard who protected Pharaoh's person and executed criminals: but some render 'chief of the butchers.'
Verse Genesis 37:36. _POTIPHAR, AN OFFICER OF PHARAOH'S_] The word סריס _saris_, translated _officer_, signifies a _eunuch_; and lest any person should imagine that because this Potiphar _had a wife_...
- 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...
SOLD HIM... TO POTIPHAR... CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD. The last expression is literally rendered, "chief of the executioners." The king's body guard were assigned the work of executing his edicts, and hence...
_Midianites_ Heb. _Medanites_. This verse, from E, resumes the narrative from Genesis 37:29. _Potiphar_ An Egyptian name, denoting "the gift of Ra," the sun-god. It appears as "Potiphera," Genesis 41:...
(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...
AN OFFICER OF PHARAOH'S— Pharaoh, as we have before observed, was the common name of the kings of AEgypt. The person here mentioned is said to have been _captain of the guards_ שׂראּהטבחים _Sar-hataba...
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_ ...
_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,...
37:36 chamberlain (b-11) See 1 Samuel 8:15 . Pharaoh, (c-13) 'Pharaoh,' the title of the Egyptian kings....
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...
Bible students do not agree about why this verse says ‘Midianites’ and not ‘Ishmaelites’. (See comment on verse 28.) Some students say that this verse speaks briefly. It probably means, ‘Meanwhile the...
MIDIANITES. — Heb., _Medanites._ (See Note on Genesis 37:25.) POTIPHAR. — Three chief interpretations are given of this name The first explains it by two Coptic words, according to which it would sign...
וְ הַ֨ מְּדָנִ֔ים מָכְר֥וּ אֹתֹ֖ו אֶל ־מִצְרָ
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 SOLD INTO EGYPT Genesis 37:25 It was not chance, but providence, that brought these Midianites to the pit at that hour. They had, of course, fixed their time of departure from their native lan...
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...
SOLD BY HIS BROTHERS When Joseph reached them, they stripped himof the coat Jacob had given him and cast him into a pit. Then, they sat down to eat. While they were eating, a caravan of Ishmaelite tr...
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an (l) officer of Pharaoh's, [and] captain of the guard. (l) Or "eunuch", which does not always signify a man that is gelded, but also someone th...
An eunuch. This word sometimes signifies a chamberlain, courtier, or officer of the king: and so it is taken in this place. (Challoner) --- Soldiers, cooks, or butchers. Hebrew tabachim, executioners,...
REFLECTIONS Reader! there are many practical reflections for the suppression of anger in its first appearance; and many useful improvements for the discountenancing partiality to children, which may b...
Genesis 39:1; Hebrews: Eunuch, or Chamberlain of Pharaoh's household, as well as Captain of the guard....
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...
36._And the Midianites sold him into Egypt _It was a sad spectacle, that Joseph should be thus driven from one hand to another. For it added no small indignity to his former suffering, that he is set...
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...
AND THE MIDIANITES SOLD HIM INTO EGYPT,.... Or Medanites, who sprung from Medan, a brother of Midian, and son of Keturah, Genesis 24:2; and were distinct from the Midianites, though they dwelt near th...
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, [and] captain of the guard. Ver. 36. _And the Midianites._] Little knew Joseph what God was in doing. Have patience, til...
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....
JACOB'S GRIEF OVER JOSEPH...
and the Midianites sold him (Joseph) IN TO EGYPT UNTO POTIPHAR, AN OFFICER OF PHARAOH'S AND CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD. As a slave he was sold to this eunuch, or officer, of the Egyptian king, who was the c...
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...
OFFICER: _ Heb._ Eunuch. But the word doth signify not only eunuchs, but also chamberlains, courtiers, and officers CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD: _ Heb._ chief of the slaughter men, or executioners. Or, ch...
31-36 When Satan has taught men to commit one sin, he teaches them to try to conceal it with another; to hide theft and murder, with lying and false oaths: but he that covers his sin shall not prospe...
Whose office it was to apprehend and punish criminal persons. See GENESIS 40:3 JEREMIAH 39:9 MARK 6:27....
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 37:36 Midianites H4092 sold H4376 (H8804) Egypt H4714 Potiphar H6318 officer H5631 Pharaoh H6547 captain H8269
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,...
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...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 37:35. The grave.] Heb. _Sheol_. The unseen world, or the place of departed spirits. The A.V. also renders this word in some places _hell,_ in others _the pit._ Probably deriv...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 37:26, GENESIS 37:27 AND JUDAH (apparently shrinking from the idea of murder) SAID UNTO HIS BRETHREN, WHAT PROFIT is it if (literally, _what of advantage that_)_ _we sl
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...
the Midianites. Genesis 37:28 Genesis 25:1 Genesis 25:2 Genesis 39:1 officer. Heb. eunuch....