Genesis 37
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And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

hated him.

Genesis 37:5,11,18-24 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brothers: and they …

Genesis 4:5 But to Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was …

Genesis 27:41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father …

Genesis 49:23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

1 Samuel 16:12,13 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and with of a …

1 Samuel 17:28 And Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and …

Psalm 38:19 But my enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate …

Psalm 69:4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: …

John 7:3-5 His brothers therefore said to him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, …

John 15:18,19 If the world hate you, you know that it hated me before it hated you…

Titus 3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, …

1 John 2:11 But he that hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, …

1 John 3:10,12 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the …

1 John 4:20 If a man say, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar: for …

and could not speak peaceably unto him. Or, rather, 'and they could not speak peace to him,' i.e., they would not accost him in a friendly manner: they would not even wish him well, in the eastern mode of salutation of, Peace be to thee! It is not an unusual thing for an Arab or Turk to hesitate to return the {sal?m}, if given by a Christian, or by one of whom he has not a favourable opinion; and this may always be considered as an act of hostility.

And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father 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?
And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

they sat.

Esther 3:15 The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and …

Psalm 14:4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people …

Proverbs 30:20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, …

Amos 6:6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: …

Ishmeelites.

Genesis 37:28,36 Then there passed by Midianites merchants; and they drew and lifted …

Genesis 16:11,12 And the angel of the LORD said to her, Behold, you are with child …

Genesis 25:1-4,16-18 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah…

Genesis 31:23 And he took his brothers with him, and pursued after him seven days' …

Psalm 83:6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;

Gilead.

Genesis 31:21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over …

Genesis 43:11 And their father Israel said to them, If it must be so now, do this; …

Jeremiah 8:22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then …

spicery. Nechoth, is rendered by the LXX. incense; Syriac, resin Samaritan, basalm; Acquila, storax; which is followed by Bochart. This drug is abundant in Syria, and here Moses joins with it resin, honey, and myrrh; which agrees with the nature of the storax, which is the resin of a tree of the same name, of a reddish colour, and peculiarly pleasant fragrance.

balm Tzeri, which in Arabic, as a verb, is to flow, seems to be a common name, as balm or balsam with us, for many of those oily, resinous substances, which flow spontaneously, or by incision, from various trees or plants; accordingly the ancients have generally interpreted it resin.

myrrh. Lot, is probably, as Junius, De Dieu, Celsius, and Ursinus contend, the same as the Arabic {ladan}, Greek [ladanon,] and Latin {ladanum}.

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 Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.
And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

Genesis 37:29 And Reuben returned to the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the …

Joshua 7:6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before …

2 Samuel 1:11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise …

2 Samuel 3:31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, …

1 Kings 20:31 And his servants said to him, Behold now, we have heard that the …

1 Kings 21:27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his …

2 Kings 19:1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his …

1 Chronicles 21:16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand …

Ezra 9:3-5 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and …

Nehemiah 9:1 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel …

Esther 4:1-3 When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, …

Job 1:20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell …

Job 2:12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they …

Psalm 69:11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

Isaiah 22:12,13 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to …

Isaiah 32:11 Tremble, you women that are at ease; be troubled, you careless ones: …

Isaiah 36:22 Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, …

Isaiah 37:1,2 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his …

Jeremiah 36:24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, …

Joel 2:13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn to the LORD …

Jonah 3:5-8 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and …

Matthew 11:21 Woe to you, Chorazin! woe to you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, …

Matthew 26:65 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He has spoken blasphemy; …

Acts 14:14 Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their …

Revelation 11:3 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy …

And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
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