Genesis 37:36

_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 officer of court (Esther 1:10). PHAROAH'S - i:e., according to some, Ph-ouro, 'the king;' but far more likely, Ph-rah, 'the sun,' an official title borne by the kings of Egypt from the earliest times (see the note at Genesis 12:15). CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD, х_ SAR_ (H8269) _ HATABAACHIYM_ (H2876)] - chief or prefect of th

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 to sale as a slave. The Lord, however, ceased not to care for him. He even suffered him to be transferred from hand to hand, in order that, at length, it might indeed appear, that he had come, by celestial guidance, to that very dominion which had been promised him in his dreams. Potiphar is called a eunuch, not because he was one really; but because, among the Orientals, it was usual to denote the satraps and princes of the court by that name. The Hebrews are not agreed respecting the dignity which Moses ascribes to him; for some explain it as the “chief of the slaughterers,” (136) whom the Greek interpreters follow. But I rather agree with others, who say that he was “the prefect of the so...

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 prosper long. Joseph's brethren kept their own and one another's counsel for some time; but their villany came to light at last, and it is here published to the world. To grieve their father, they sent him Joseph's coat of colours; and he hastily thought, on seeing the bloody coat, that Joseph was rent in pieces. Let those that know the heart of a parent, suppose the agony of poor Jacob. His sons basely pretended to comfort him, but miserable, hypocritical comforters were they all. Had they really desired to comfort him, they might at once have done it, by telling the truth. The heart is strangely hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. Jacob refused to be comforted. Great affection to any creature...

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_, therefore it is absurd to suppose him to have been a _eunuch_, let such persons know that it is not uncommon in the east for eunuchs to have _wives_, nay, some of them have even a _harem_ or _seraglio_ where they keep many women, though it does not appear that they have any _progeny_; and probably discontent on _this ground_ might have contributed as much to the unfaithfulness of Potiphar's wife, as that less principled motive through which it is commonly believed she acted. _CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD._] שר הטבחים _sar kattabbachim_, _chief of_ _the butchers_; a most appropriate name for the guards

- 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 Lebanon. צרי _tsērı̂y_ “opobalsamum,” the resin of the balsam tree, growing in Gilead, and having healing qualities. לט _loṭ_, λῆδον _lēdon_, “ledum, ladanum,” in the Septuagint στακτή _staktē_. The former is a gum produced from the cistus rose. The latter is a gum resembling liquid myrrh. 36. פוטיפר _pôṭı̂yphar_ Potiphar, “belonging to the

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 SLAY OUR BROTHER, AND CONCEAL HIS BLOOD? (i.e. and hide the fact of his murder). COME, AND LET US SELL HIM TO THE ISHMAELITES, AND LET NOT OUR HAND BE UPON HIM (literally, _and our hand, let it not_ _be upon him_, i.e. to slay him); FOR HE IS OUR BROTHER AND OUR FLESH—or, more expressly, our brother and our flesh he (cf....

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 them, and were now in company with them, and with the Ishmaelites, and were all concerned in the buying and selling of Joseph, and therefore this is sometimes ascribed to the one, and sometimes to the other: UNTO POTIPHAR, AN OFFICER OF PHARAOH; the word is sometimes used for an eunuch, but cannot design one here, since Potiphar had a wife, and some say a child; but he either was a chamberlain, or however some officer at court, besides what follows: [AND] CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD; of Pharoah's guard, his bodyguard; some render it, "of the slaughterers" h; meaning either cooks or butchers, of whom he was the chief; or rather executioners, he having the charge of pr

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 (Genesis 37:3) 4. Hated by his brethren (Genesis 37:4) 5. The dream of the sheaves (Genesis 37:5) 6. The dream of the sun, moon and stars (Genesis 37:9) 7. Joseph seeks his brethren ...

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 executed his sentence on all who incurred the royal displeasure. Eastern monarchs are absolute, and their commands are carried out by their officers without question. Let it be said of any subject, "Go, bring me his head," it will be done at once by the officers of the guards. What. change to Joseph; in. strange land, far from his father's home, no longer favored as the beloved son, but. slave, his life at the mercy of his master, subject to. master whose trade was blood, and who was accustomed to see men die without pity or remorse! Nothing could have enabled him to bear up under his hard fate, had he not carried the consciousness that God was with him. PRACTICAL AND SUGGESTIVE. . TYPE O...

(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 Bilhah and Zilpah," i.e. Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. Joseph's home at this time seems to have been at Hebron (cf. Genesis 35:27). The life of Joseph, the elder son of the favourite wife, spent in the field with the sons of the concubines, was not likely to be happy. _the evil report_ What this was, does not appear; cf. 1 Samuel 2:23. But Joseph's action brought upon him the odium of tale-bearing. On the words for "evil report" cf. Numbers 13:32;...