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This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father`s wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.
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Commentators explain that the phrase "These are the generations of Jacob" marks a major shift in Genesis. It's not a genealogy but the start of a new historical account. This section, which runs to the end of the book, tells the story of Jacob's family, focusing on how God used Joseph's life to move the chosen family from Canaan to Egypt.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
17. דתין dotayı̂n Dothain, “two wells?” (Gesenius)
25. נכאת neko't “tragacanth” or goat’s-tho…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH JACOB. JOSEPH IS SOLD BY HIS BROTHERS INTO EGYPT.
The generations of Jacob. — This
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
These [are] the generations of Jacob But no genealogy following, some interpret this of events or of things which be…
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…
