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The Callousness of Sin
Commentators are unanimous in highlighting the brothers' shocking cruelty. After throwing Joseph into a pit to die, "they sat down to eat bread." John Calvin calls this an "astonishing barbarity," showing how unchecked sin can harden the heart to a state of complete insensibility and lack of remorse.
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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 37:25
19th Century
Bishop
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
On Genesis 37:25
16th Century
Theologian
And they sat down to eat bread. This was an astonishing barbarity, that they could quietly feast while, in intention, they were guilty of …
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John Gill
On Genesis 37:25
17th Century
Pastor
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
On Genesis 37:23–30
17th Century
Minister
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, …