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Verse Genesis 37:28. _FOR TWENTY_ PIECES _OF SILVER_] In the
_Anglo-Saxon_ it is [Anglo-Saxon] _thirty pence_. This, I think, is
the first instance on record of selling a man for a slave; but the
pra...
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- 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...
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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...
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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;...
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THERE PASSED BY MIDIANITES, MERCHANTMEN.
In verses 25 and 27 they are spoken of as Ishmaelites. Evidently it
was. large caravan, such as are accustomed still to travel over parts
of Asia and Africa,...
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(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...
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_Midianites_ The first part of this verse resumes E's narrative from
Genesis 37:25. According to E, "Midianites," merchantmen, pass by,
traders from the desert on the east of Jordan. The term is
descr...
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TWENTY PIECES OF SILVER— About forty-seven shillings English, as it
is generally understood to mean twenty shekels: an inconsiderable
price; but they were in haste to get rid of him, upon any terms. W...
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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_ ...
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_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...
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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...
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TWENTY PIECES OF SILVER] 'The price, in later times, of a male slave
from five to twenty years old, the medium price being thirty shekels
of silver or £4' (Edersheim)....
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The Midianites were probably *descendants of Midian, who was a son of
Abraham. (See Genesis 25:2.) For Ishmaelites, see comment on verse 25....
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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...
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TWENTY PIECES OF SILVER. — Twenty shekels of silver were computed,
in Leviticus 27:5, as the average worth of a male slave under twenty.
It would be about £2 10s. of our money, but silver was of far g...
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וַ יַּֽעַבְרוּ֩ אֲנָשִׁ֨ים
מִדְיָנִ֜ים סֹֽחֲרִ֗ים וַֽ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Of silver. Some have read, thirty pieces of gold or silver. (St.
Ambrose, c. 3.) --- The price was trifling: twenty sicles would be
about \'a32 5s. 7\'bdd. English. The Madianites and Ismaelites join...
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Judges 6:3.-How striking a resemblance to JESUS! Matthew 26:15. Twenty
pieces of silver amounted to about forty-six shillings of our money....
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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...
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28._Then there passed by Midianites_. Some think that Joseph was twice
sold in the same place. For it is certain, since Median was the son of
Abraham and Keturah, that his sons were distinct from the...
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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...
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THEN THERE PASSED BY MIDIANITES, MERCHANTMEN,.... The same with the
Ishmaelites before mentioned, as appears from the latter part of this
verse; for as these were near neighbours, so they might join t...
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Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted
up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for
twenty [pieces] of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
V...
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Gen. 37:28. "And they lift up Joseph out of the pit." Joseph was here
a type of Christ; he was designed death by his own brethren, as Christ
was; he was cast into a pit, whereby his death and burial w...
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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....
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Then there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and lifted
up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for
twenty pieces of silver; and they brought Joseph into Egypt, pas...
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Joseph Sold to the Ishmaelites...
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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...
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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...
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23-30 They threw Joseph into a pit, to perish there with hunger and
cold; so cruel were their tender mercies. They slighted him when he
was in distress, and were not grieved for the affliction of Jos...
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This story seems a little involved, and the persons to whom he was
sold doubtful. Here seem to be two, if not three, sorts of merchants
mentioned, ISHMEELITES and MIDIANITES here, and _Medanites, _ as...
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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...
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Genesis 37:28 Midianite H4084 traders H582 H5503 (H8802) passed H5674
(H8799) pulled H4900 (H8799) Joseph...
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‘And the Midianites, merchantmen, passed by and they drew and lifted
up Joseph out of the cistern and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for
twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph to Egypt.'
The...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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_Sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver; and they
brought Joseph into Egypt_
JOSEPH SOLD INTO EGYPT
I. A FAMILY FEUD THE FOUNDATION OF A NATIONAL CALAMITY. Bondage for
four hundr...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 37:18. Conspired.] Heb. “Cunningly plotted.”—
GENESIS 37:19. THIS DREAMER.] Heb. “Lord, or master of dreams;”
using the title in bitter scorn.—
Genesis 37:23. They stript Jo...
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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
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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...
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Midianites. Genesis 37:25 Genesis 25:2 Exodus 2:16 Numbers 25:15
Numbers 2