Genesis 37:2-14 BSB

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:9

He dreamed yet another dream - This is as clear as the preceding. But how could Jacob say, Shall I and thy mother, etc., when Rachel his mother was dead some time before this? Perhaps Jacob might hint, by this explanation, the impossibility of such a dream being fulfilled, because one of the persons who should be a chief actor in it was already dead. But any one wife or concubine of Jacob was quite sufficient to fulfill this part of the dream. It is possible, some think, that Joseph may have... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:14

Go - see whether it be well with thy brethren - Literally, Go, I beseech thee, and see the peace of thy brethren, and the peace of the flock. Go and see whether they are all in prosperity. See Clarke on Genesis 37:4 ; (note). As Jacob's sons were now gone to feed the flock on the parcel of ground they had bought from the Shechemites, (see Genesis 33:19 ;), and where they had committed such a horrible slaughter, their father might feel more solicitous about their welfare, lest the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:2

Verse 2 2.These are the generations of Jacob. By the word תולדות toledoth we are not so much to understand a genealogy, as a record of events, which appears more clearly from the context. For Moses having thus commenced, does not enumerate sons and grandsons, but explains the cause of the envy of Joseph’s brethren, who formed a wicked conspiracy against him, and sold him as a slave: as if he had said “Having briefly summed up the genealogy of Esau, I now revert to the series of my history, as... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:6

Verse 6 6.And Joseph dreamed a dream. Moses having stated what were the first seeds of this enmity, now ascends higher, and shows that Joseph had been elected, by the wonderful purpose of God, to great things; that this had been declared to him in a dream; and that, therefore, the hatred of his brethren broke forth into madness. God, however, revealed in dreams what he would do, that afterwards it might be known that nothing had happened fortuitously: but that what had been fixed by a celestial... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:8

Verse 8 8.Shalt thou indeed reign over us? Here it is plainly shown to us that the paternal favor of God towards the elect, is like a fan to excite against them the enmity of the world. When the sons of Jacob heard that they were fighting in vain against God, their unjust hatred ought, by such means, to have been corrected. For it was as if God, setting himself in the midst, would repress their fury by these words, “Your impious conspiring will be fruitless; for although you boast, I have... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:9

Verse 9 9.And he dreamed yet another dream. The scope of this dream is the same. The only difference is, that God, to inspire greater confidence in the oracle, presents him with a figure from heaven. The brethren of Joseph had despised what was said concerning the sheaves; the Lord now calls upon them to look towards heaven, where his august Majesty shines forth. It may, however, be asked, how it can be reconciled with fact, that his mother, who was now dead, could come and bow down to him. The... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:10

Verse 10 10.And his father rebuked him. If Jacob suspected that the dream originated in vain ambition, he rightly rebuked his son; but if he knew that God was the author of the dream, he ought not to have expostulated with him. But that he did know it, may be hence inferred, because he is afterwards said seriously to have considered it. For Moses, making a distinction between him and his sons, says that they breathed nothing but the virus of envy; while he revolved in his own mind what this... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:12

Verse 12 12.And his brethren went. Before Moses treats of the horrible design of fratricide, he describes the journey of Joseph, and amplifies, by many circumstances, the atrocity of the crime. Their brother approaches them in the discharge of a duty, to make a fraternal inquiry after their state. He comes by the command of his father; and obeys it without reluctance, as appears from his answer. He searches them out anxiously; and though they had changed their place, he spares neither labor nor... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 37:1-36

The representative man. Jacob may be said to fall into the background from this time until his parting benediction. The kingdom of God is represented in Joseph and his history. The main points in this chapter are— I. GOD 'S DISTINGUISHING GRACE TO JOSEPH , separating him from his brethren in character, in his father's affection, in the method of his life, in' the communications of the Spirit. Joseph is the type of the believer, faithful to the covenant, amongst both the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 37:2

These are the generations of Jacob . The opening of a new section (cf. Genesis 2:4 ; Genesis 5:1 &c.;). Joseph , the son of Rachel, and born in Padan-aram ( Genesis 30:24 )— being seventeen years old ,—literally, a son of seventeen years, thus making Jacob 108— was feeding the flock with his brethren ;—literally, was shepherding; not his brethren (Bush), but with his brethren, in, or among, the flock— and the lad was —literally, and he a lad, aetate, moribus et... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 37:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 37:1-36

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 37:2

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