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John Wesley, Notes On the New Testament (1755):
At this chapter begins the story of
Joseph, Jacob's eldest son, by his beloved wife Rachel. It is so
remarkably divided between his humiliation and his exaltation, that we
cannot avoid seeing something of Christ in it, who was first humbled and
then exalted; it also shews the lot of Christians, who must through many
tribulations enter into the kingdom. In this chapter we have, I. The
malice his brethren bore against him: they hated him, (1.) Because he
informed his father of their wickedness, ver. 1, 2. (2.) Because his
father loved him, ver. 3, 4. (3.) Because he dreamed of his dominion
over them, ver. 5-11. II. The mischiefs his brethren designed, and did
to him. (1.) His visit he made them gave an opportunity, ver. 12-17.
(2.) They designed to slay him, but determined to starve him, ver.
18-24. (3.) They changed their purpose, and sold him for a slave, ver.
25-28. (4.) They made their father believe that he was torn in pieces,
ver. 29-35. (5.) He was sold in Egypt to Potiphar, ver. 36: And all this
was working together for good.
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The Fourfold Gospel:
No comment on this verse.
- Treasury of Scripture Knowledge:
1 Joseph is loved by Jacob, but hated by his brethren.
5 His dreams and the interpretation.
12 Jacob sends him to his brethren, who counsel to slay him.
21 At Reuben's desire they cast him into a pit;
25 and afterwards sell him to the Ishmaelites; while Ruben
grieves at not finding him.
31 His coat, covered with blood, is sent to Jacob, who mourns
him inordinately.
36 Joseph is brought to Egypt and sold to Potiphar.
* A.M. 2276. B.C. 1728.
* wherein his father was a stranger. Heb. of his father's
sojournings. Ge 17:8; 23:4; 28:4*marg:| Ge 36:7; Heb 11:9-16
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Robertson's Word Pictures:
No comment on this verse.
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William Burkitt's Notes:
No comment on this verse.
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Family Bible Notes:
No comment on this verse.
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1599 Geneva Bible Notes:
That is, the story of such things as
came to him and his family as in Ge 5:1
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People's New Testament Commentary:
No comment on this verse.
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Albert Barnes' Commentary:
No comment on this verse.
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Jamieson-Faussett Brown:
Ge 37:1-4. PARENTAL PARTIALITY.
1. Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger--that is,
"a sojourner"; "father" used collectively. The patriarch was at this
time at Mamre, in the valley of Hebron (compare Ge 35:27); and his
dwelling there was continued in the same manner and prompted by the same
motives as that of Abraham and Isaac (Heb 11:13).
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Spurgeon Devotional
Commentary:
No comment on this verse.
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Adam Clarke's Commentary:
Jacob continues to sojourn in Canaan,
1.
Joseph, being seventeen years of age, is employed in feeding
the flocks of his father, 2.
Is loved by his father more than the rest of his brethren, 3.
His brethren envy him, 4.
His dream of the sheaves, 5-7.
His brethren interpret it, and hate him on the account, 8.
His dream of the sun, moon, and eleven stars, 9-12.
Jacob sends him to visit his brethren, who were with the flock
in Shechem, 13, 14.
He wanders in the field, and is directed to go to Dothan, whither
his brethren had removed the flocks, 15-17.
Seeing him coming they conspire to destroy him, 18-20.
Reuben, secretly intending to deliver him, counsels his brethren
not to kill, but to put him into a pit, 21, 22.
They strip Joseph of his coat of many colours, and put him into
a pit, 23, 24.
They afterwards draw him out, and sell him to a company of
Ishmaelite merchants for twenty pieces of silver, who carry him
into Egypt, 25-28.
Reuben returns to the pit, and not finding Joseph, is greatly
affected, 29, 30.
Joseph's brethren dip his coat in goat's blood to persuade his
father that he had been devoured by a wild beast, 31-33.
Jacob is greatly distressed, 34, 35.
Joseph is sold in Egypt to Potiphar, captain of Pharaoh's guard, 36.
NOTES ON CHAP. XXXVII
Verse 1. Wherein his father was a stranger]
megurey abiv, Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojournings, as
the margin very properly reads it. The place was probably the vale of
Hebron, see Ge 37:14.
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Matthew Henry Concise Commentary:
* Joseph is loved of Jacob, but hated by his brethren.
(1-4) Joseph's dreams. (5-11) Jacob sends Joseph to visit his brethren,
They conspire his death. (12-22) Joseph's brethren sell him. (23-10)
Jacob deceived, Joseph sold to Potiphar. (31-36)
1-4 In Joseph's history we see something of Christ, who was first
humbled and then exalted. It also shows the lot of Christians, who must
through many tribulations enter into the kingdom. It is a history that
has none like it, for displaying the various workings of the human mind,
both good and bad, and the singular providence of God in making use of
them for fulfilling his purposes. Though Joseph was his father's
darling, yet he was not bred up in idleness. Those do not truly love
their children, who do not use them to business, and labour, and
hardships. The fondling of children is with good reason called the
spoiling of them. Those who are trained up to do nothing, are likely to
be good for nothing. But Jacob made known his love, by dressing Joseph
finer than the rest of his children. It is wrong for parents to make a
difference between one child and another, unless there is great cause
for it, by the children's dutifulness, or undutifulness. When parents
make a difference, children soon notice it, and it leads to quarrels in
families. Jacob's sons did that, when they were from under his eye,
which they durst not have done at home with him; but Joseph gave his
father an account of their ill conduct, that he might restrain them. Not
as a tale-bearer, to sow discord, but as a faithful brother.
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