37:10 And he told [it] to his father, and to his brethren: and his father {e} rebuked him, and said unto him, What [is] this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?(e) Not despising the vision, but seeking to appease his brethren. read more
37:11 And his brethren envied him; but his father {f} observed the saying.(f) He knew that God was the author of the dream, but he did not understand the meaning. read more
37:18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they(g) conspired against him to slay him.(g) The Holy Spirit does not cover the faults of men, as vain writers do, who make virtues out of vices. read more
37:24 And they took him, and cast {h} him into a pit: and the pit [was] empty, [there was] no water in it.(h) Their hypocrisy appears in this that they feared man more than God: and thought it was not murder, if they did not shed his blood or had excuses to cover their fault. read more
37:28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the {i} Ishmeelites for twenty [pieces] of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.(i) Moses writes according to the opinion of those who took the Midianites and Ishmaelites to be one, and here mixes their names: as also appears in Genesis 37:36; Genesis 39:1 or else he was first offered to the Midianites, but sold to the Ishmaelites. read more
37:32 And they sent the coat of [many] colours, {k} and they brought [it] to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it [be] thy son’s coat or no.(k) That is, the messengers who were sent. read more
37:36 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 that is in some high position. read more
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 even though dwelling, he was still really only a sojourner (Hebrews 11:9). He did not remain indefinitely, but later went down to Egypt, where he died (ch.46:5-6; 49:33). We have seen in Chapter 36 a long list of the generations of Esau, but a great contrast faces us in Chapter 37, where we read... read more
JOSEPH ’S HISTORY DISPENSATIONAL ASPECT OF JACOB’S HISTORY Following F.W. Grant in the Numerical Bible, the life of Jacob gives as its lesson the story of that discipline by which the Spirit of God brings us from weakness to power, from nature’s strength to that wholesome weakness in which alone is strength. But for this, natural strength must be crippled, which is provided for in two ways: in allowing us to realize the power of another nature (Esau) and in the direct dealing of God with our... read more
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Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 37:8
37:8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they {d} hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.(d) The more God shows himself favourable to his own, the more the malice of the wicked rages against them. read more