Genesis 37:25-38:26 ESV

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 37:25

sat down. Showing their indifference. Compare Genesis 42:21 and Matthew 27:36 . company = caravan. There was a wellorganized trade in sixteenth dynasty. Ishmeelites. Son 39:1 . In Genesis 37:28 and Genesis 37:36 called Midianites. Ishmael was the son of Abraham by Hagar (Genesis 16:11 , Genesis 16:12 ); Midian the son of Abraham by Keturah (Genesis 25:2 ). See Judges 8:24 , Judges 8:25 , where they were mixed together, and were distinguished only by their noserings. (Compare Genesis 24:47 ;... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 37:25-28

"And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, and going to carry it down to Egypt. And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood? Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened unto him. And there passed by... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 37:25

Genesis 37:25. A company of Ishmeelites— They are called both Ishmeelites and Midianites, Genesis 37:28.; see Judges 8:1. It is most likely that they were, to use a modern phrase, a caravan of Arabian spice-merchants, consisting both of Midianites and Ishmeelites, travelling in companies for their greater safety, as it continues to be the custom in those countries to this day: and the spices, &c. which they carried down to AEgypt, were such, most probably, as they used in embalming their... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 37:25

25. they sat down to eat bread—What a view does this exhibit of those hardened profligates! Their common share in this conspiracy is not the only dismal feature in the story. The rapidity, the almost instantaneous manner in which the proposal was followed by their joint resolution, and the cool indifference, or rather the fiendish satisfaction, with which they sat down to regale themselves, is astonishing. It is impossible that mere envy at his dreams, his gaudy dress, or the doting partiality... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 37:2-26

E. What Became of Jacob 37:2-50:26Here begins the tenth and last toledot in Genesis. Jacob remains a major character throughout Genesis. Moses recorded his death in chapter 49. Nevertheless Joseph replaces him as the focus of the writer’s attention at this point. [Note: For some enriching insights into the similarities between the stories of Jacob and Joseph, see Peter Miscall, "The Jacob and Joseph Stories As Analogies," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 6 (February 1978):28-40.]... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 37:12-36

2. The sale of Joseph into Egypt 37:12-36Joseph’s brothers met his second recorded visit to them with great antagonism. They plotted to kill him and so render his dreams impossible to fulfill. For practical reasons they decided to sell him and to deceive Jacob into thinking that a wild beast had killed him. In spite of their plan God kept Joseph alive and safe in Egypt. Ironically, by selling Joseph into Egypt his brothers actualized the dreams they sought to subvert. The focus of this pericope... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 37:25-28

Dothan lay on a caravan route that ran from Damascus to Egypt. [Note: See Ammon Ben-Tor, "The Trade Relations of Palestine in the Early Bronze Age," Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 29:1 (February 1986):1-27.] The next time the brothers would eat a meal in Joseph’s presence he would sit at the head table (Genesis 43:32-34).Moses referred to the traders that bought Joseph as Ishmaelites (Genesis 37:25; Genesis 37:27-28) and Midianites (Genesis 37:28). Probably the caravan... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:1-36

Joseph is Hated by his Brethren and Sold into EgyptWith 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 with which the rest of Genesis is concerned, namely, the migration of Israel to Egypt, displays the working out of God’s purposes declared in Genesis 15. In Egypt the chosen race grew in peace from a tribe to a nation, instead of having to encounter the hostility of the Canaanites as their numbers... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 37:25

(25) A company of Ishmeelites.—Dothan was situated on the great caravan line by which the products of India and Western Asia were brought to Egypt. As the eastern side of Canaan is covered by the great Arabian desert, the caravans had to travel in a north-westernly direction until, having forded the Euphrates, they could strike across from Tadmor to Gilead. The route thence led them over the Jordan at Beisan, and so southward to Egypt. For “Ishmeelites,” we have “Midianites,” Heb., Medyanim, in... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Genesis 37:1-36

Joseph and His Brethren Genesis 37:0 With the story of Joseph we come to the last division of Genesis. The development and progress of the household of Jacob, until at length it became a nation in Egypt, had Joseph as a pioneer. The fullness of the narrative is worthy of consideration. There is a fourfold value and importance in the record of Joseph's life. (1) It gives the explanation of the development of the Hebrews. (2) It is a remarkable proof of the quiet operation of Divine Providence... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 37:25

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 37:25-28

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 37:25

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 37:25

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 37:2-26

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 37:12-36

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 37:25-28

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:1-36

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 37:25

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Genesis 37:1-36

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