Gen 37:1 | Clarke | STEP | Jacob continues to sojourn in Canaan, . Joseph, being seventeen years of age, is employed in feeding the flocks of his father, . Is loved by his father more than the rest of his brethren, . His brethren envy him, . His dream of the sheaves, . His brethren interpret it, and hate him on the account, . His dream of the sun, moon, and eleven stars, . Jacob sends him to visit his brethren, who were with the flock in Shechem, , . He wanders in the field, and is directed to go to Dothan, whither his brethren had removed the flocks, . Seeing him coming they conspire to destroy him, . Reuben, secretly intending to deliver him, counsels his brethren not to kill, but to put him into a pit, , . They strip Joseph of his coat of many colors, and put him into a pit, , . They afterwards draw him out, and sell him to a company of Ishmaelite merchants for twenty pieces of silver, who carry him into Egypt, . Reuben returns to the pit, and not finding Joseph, is greatly affected, , . Joseph's brethren dip his coat in goat's blood to persuade his father that he had been devoured by a wild beast, . Jacob is greatly distressed, , . Joseph is sold in Egypt to Potiphar, captain of Pharaoh's guard, . Verse 1 Wherein his father was a stranger - מגורי אביו 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 .

Genesis 37:1

Introduction

Jacob continues to sojourn in Canaan, Gen 37:1. Joseph, being seventeen years of age, is employed in feeding the flocks of his father, Gen 37:2. Is loved by his father more than the rest of his brethren, Gen 37:3. His brethren envy him, Gen 37:4. His dream of the sheaves, Gen 37:5-7. His brethren interpret it, and hate him on the account, Gen 37:8. His dream of the sun, moon, and eleven stars, Gen 37:9-12. Jacob sends him to visit his brethren, who were with the flock in Shechem, Gen 37:13, Gen 37:14. He wanders in the field, and is directed to go to Dothan, whither his brethren had removed the flocks, Gen 37:15-17. Seeing him coming they conspire to destroy him, Gen 37:18-20. Reuben, secretly intending to deliver him, counsels his brethren not to kill, but to put him into a pit, Gen 37:21, Gen 37:22. They strip Joseph of his coat of many colors, and put him into a pit, Gen 37:23, Gen 37:24. They afterwards draw him out, and sell him to a company of Ishmaelite merchants for twenty pieces of silver, who carry him into Egypt, Gen 37:25-28. Reuben returns to the pit, and not finding Joseph, is greatly affected, Gen 37:29, Gen 37:30. Joseph's brethren dip his coat in goat's blood to persuade his father that he had been devoured by a wild beast, Gen 37:31-33. Jacob is greatly distressed, Gen 37:34, Gen 37:35. Joseph is sold in Egypt to Potiphar, captain of Pharaoh's guard, Gen 37:36.

Verse 1

Wherein his father was a stranger - מגורי אביו 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 Gen 37:14.