Genesis 37:2-14 BSB

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 37:9

And he dreamed yet another dream ,.... Relating to the name subject as the former, and, for the confirmation of it, only the emblems are different, and more comprehensive: and told it his brethren, and said, behold, I have dreamed a dream more ; another dream, and which he told, either as not knowing fully the resentment of his brethren at his former dream, or in order to clear himself from any charge of feigning the dream, or having any ill intention in telling it; seeing he had another... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 37:10

And he told it to his father, and to his brethren ,.... After he had told it to his brethren, he told it to his father a second time in their hearing, that he might pass his judgment on it, and give his sense of it before them: and his father rebuked him ; not as being ignorant of the meaning of the dream, for by what follows he had a clear understanding of it, or as if he thought it was an idle dream, and would never have any accomplishment: but he thought fit, in his great wisdom and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 37:11

And his brethren envied him ,.... Notwithstanding all the precaution Jacob took to prevent it; they suspecting and fearing that these dreams portended the pre-eminence of Joseph over them, or however served to fill his mind with the hopes and expectation of it: but his father observed the saying ; what Joseph had said in relating his dream; he laid it up in his mind and kept it there, often thought of it, and waited to see its accomplishment. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 37:12

And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. Very probably some considerable time after the telling of the above dreams; it was usual to remove flocks from place to place for the sake of pasturage; and sometimes at a great distance, as Shechem was from Hebron, where Jacob now dwelt, said F9 Bunting's Travels, p. 79. Ainsworth in loc. to be about sixty miles; but this is not so much to be marvelled at as the place itself, whither they went, for though Jacob had bought... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 37:13

And Israel said unto Joseph ,.... After his brethren had been gone some time to Shechem: do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem ? this question is put, not as ignorant of it, or doubting about it, but to put Joseph in mind of it, and in order to what follows: come, and I will send thee unto them ; which is pretty much he should, considering the length of the way, sixty miles, the dangerous place in which they were feeding their flocks, and especially seeing his brethren... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 37:14

And he said to him, go, I pray thee ,.... Or "now" F11 נא "nunc", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius. , directly, immediately, which is more agreeable to the authority of a father: see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks ; it having been many days, and perhaps months, since he had heard anything of them; and the rather Jacob might be under a concern for them, because of the danger they were exposed to from the neighbouring... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:2

These are the generations - תלדות toledoth , the history of the lives and actions of Jacob and his sons; for in this general sense the original must be taken, as in the whole of the ensuing history there is no particular account of any genealogical succession. Yet the words may be understood as referring to the tables or genealogical lists in the preceding chapter; and if so, the original must be understood in its common acceptation. The lad was with the sons of Bilhah - It is... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:3

A coat of many colors - פסים כתנת kethoneth passim , a coat made up of stripes of differently colored cloth. Similar to this was the toga praetexta of the Roman youth, which was white, striped or fringed with purple; this they wore till they were seventeen years of age, when they changed it for the toga virilis , or toga pura , which was all white. Such vestures as clothing of distinction are worn all over Persia, India, and China to the present day. It is no wonder that his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:4

And could not speak peaceably unto him - Does not this imply, in our use of the term, that they were continually quarrelling with him? but this is no meaning of the original: לשלם דברו יכלו ולא velo yachelu dabbero leshalom , 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. The eastern method of salutation is, Peace be to thee! לך שלום shalom lecha , among the Hebrews, and salam , peace, or salam kebibi ,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:7

We were binding sheaves in the field - Though in these early times we read little of tillage, yet it is evident from this circumstance that it was practiced by Jacob and his sons. The whole of this dream is so very plain as to require no comment, unless we could suppose that the sheaves of grain might have some reference to the plenty in Egypt under Joseph's superintendence, and the scarcity in Canaan, which obliged the brethren to go down to Egypt for corn, where the dream was most... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 37:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 37:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 37:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 37:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 37:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 37:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:7

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