These are the records of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, when he was seventeen years of age, was pasturing the flock with his brothers, while he was still a youth, along with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.
Commentaries
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17. דתין dotayı̂n Dothain, “two wells?” (Gesenius)
25. נכאת neko't “tragacanth” or goat’s-tho…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
THE TÔLDÔTH JACOB. JOSEPH IS SOLD BY HIS BROTHERS INTO EGYPT.
The generations of Jacob. — This
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
These are the generations of Jacob. By the word תולדות toledoth, we are not so much to understand a genealogy as a record of even…
John Gill
JohnGill
These [are] the generations of Jacob
But no genealogy following, some interpret this of events or of things which be…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
In Joseph's history, we see something of Christ, who was first humbled and then exalted. It also shows the experience of Christians, who must enter…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes