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A Father's Strategic Rebuke
Commentators suggest Jacob's rebuke was not from genuine anger but from fatherly wisdom. He understood the dream's divine origin but feigned disapproval to manage Joseph's potential pride and, more importantly, to try and calm the dangerous jealousy of his other sons. He was parenting all his children in a tense situation.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 37:1–36
18th Century
Theologian
17. דתין dotayı̂n Dothain, “two wells?” (Gesenius)
25. נכאת neko't “tragacanth” or goat’s-tho…
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 37:10
19th Century
Bishop
His father rebuked him. — Because in his dream, the sun and moon bowed down before him. Joseph’s dream seemed to violate the respe…
John Calvin
On Genesis 37:10
16th Century
Theologian
And his father rebuked him. If Jacob suspected that the dream originated in vain ambition, he rightly rebuked his son. However, if he knew…
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John Gill
On Genesis 37:10
17th Century
Pastor
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…
Matthew Henry
On Genesis 37:5–11
17th Century
Minister
God gave Joseph early the prospect of his advancement, to support and comfort him under his long and grievous troubles.
Observe, Joseph drea…