genesis-37:9

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Genesis 37:1-11

Joseph Loved and Hated; His Dreams Genesis 37:1-11 It is a mistake for parents to show favoritism; but we can hardly wonder at Jacob’s partiality for the lad, who reminded him so vividly of the beloved Rachel. Besides, there were a purity and an elevation of spirit in Joseph that stood out in welcome contrast to the coarse brutality and impurity of the others. He was separate from his brethren, Genesis 49:26 . The coat of many colors was, as r.v. margin indicates, a long garment of delicate... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Genesis 37:1-36

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 figure appears on the pages of Old Testament history. Joseph is seen here, first as the object of his father's love, a love which may surely be accounted for by the fact that he was the first-born of Rachel, and also to the ingenuous simplicity of his disposition and the strong integrity of his... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Genesis 37:1-11

Joseph a Type of Christ Genesis 37:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Genesis 36:1-43 presents to us the generations of Esau, who is Edom. The Edomites became a mighty people on the earth, but their glories centered in things which were carnal and temporal. Like their great sire, Esau, who was the head of their nation, they sold their birthright for a mess of pottage, and lived for the things of earth. The best that could be said of Esau was that he was the father of the Edomites. There was nothing in... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:9

‘And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers and said, “Behold I have dreamed yet a dream, and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me.” Again he dreams and again he cannot keep it to himself. The meaning of the dream is made clear in the next verse. read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:1-11

Genesis 37:1-1 Kings : . Joseph Hated by his Brothers on Account of his Talebearing, his Father’ s Partiality, and his Dreams of Supremacy. Genesis 37:1-Exodus : a is certainly from P, but probably Genesis 37:2 b also. It gives a third reason for the hatred which Joseph excited; the rather priggish Joseph tells tales to Jacob about the children of his concubines. Nothing more is preserved from P till we reach Genesis 41:46 a. J’ s story ( Genesis 37:3 f.) lays the blame on Jacob’ s... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 37:9

He dreamed another dream, that the repetition of the same thing in another shape might teach them that the thing was both certain and very observable. The sun and the moon were not mentioned in the first dream, because in the event his brethren only went at first to Egypt and there worshipped him, as afterwards his father went with them. Object. His father did not worship him in Egypt. Answ. 1. He did worship him mediately by his sons, who in their father’s name and stead bowed before him, and... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 37:1-17

CRITICAL NOTES.—Genesis 37:3. The son of his old age] He was ninety years old when Joseph was horn. A coat of many colours.] Heb. A tunic of parts. The expression occurs again in 2 Samuel 13:18, to describe the garment worn by kings’ daughters. “This was a coat reaching to the hands and feet, worn by persons not much occupied with manual labour, according to the general opinion. It was, we conceive, variegated either by the loom or the needle, and is therefore well rendered χιτὼν ποικίλος, a... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 37:1-36

Genesis 37:0 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," because he had the genius to love greatly, and his genius still lives in these Bible pages. We discover in Joseph I. A hated brother. The boy was his father's pet. Very likely he was the perfect picture of Rachel who was gone, and so Jacob saw and loved in him his sainted wife. In token of love... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 37:1-36

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 feeding the flock with his brothers; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report ( Genesis 37:1-2 ). So there is now developing a strained relationship between Joseph and his brothers. Because of Jacob and his... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 37:1-36

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 children; and Joseph’s calamities began by accusing them. Concumbentes cum bestiis. Genesis 37:3. Israel loved Joseph, because of Rachel, and because of his great piety at the age of seventeen; and having taken the birthright from Reuben, on account of his sin, he conferred it on Joseph on... read more