And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
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Gill's Exposition
And the patriarchs, moved with envy,.... See Gen 37:11 the sons of Jacob and brethren of Joseph were filled with envy, and enraged at him, because of the evil report of them he brought to his father;…
Barnes' Notes
Moved with envy - That is, dissatisfied with the favor which their father Jacob showed Joseph, and envious at the dreams which indicated that he was to be raised to remarkable honor above his parents…
Adam Clarke
And the patriarchs - The twelve sons of Jacob, thus called because each was chief or head of his respective family or tribe.
Moved with envy - Ζηλωσαντες. We translate ζηλος variously: zeal or fervent…
Stephen is now at the bar before the great council of the nation, indicted for blasphemy: what the witnesses swore against him we had an account of in the foregoing chapter, that he spoke blasphemous…
Cambridge Bible
the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph The same word is used (Act 17:5) of the hostile feelings of the Jews at Thessalonica against Paul and Silas. In the history (Gen 37:4-5) it is said "his…
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