Then, just as they were sitting down to eat, they looked up and saw a caravan of camels in the distance coming toward them. It was a group of Ishmaelite traders taking a load of gum, balm, and aromatic resin from Gilead down to Egypt.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

17. דתין dotayı̂n Dothain, “two wells?” (Gesenius)

25. נכאת neko't “tragacanth” or goat’s-tho…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

A company of Ishmeelites. —Dothan was situated on the great caravan line by which the products of India and Western Asia were brou…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And they sat down to eat bread. This was an astonishing barbarity, that they could quietly feast while, in intention, they were guilty of …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And they sat down to eat bread
Not at all concerned at what they had done, nor in the least grieved for the afflicti…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

They threw Joseph into a pit, to perish there with hunger and cold; so cruel were their tender mercies. They slighted him when he was in distress, …