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Genesis 37:11

Genesis 37:11
And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. Very probably some considerable time after the telling of the above dreams; it was usual to remove flocks from place to place for the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 37:1-36

- Joseph Was Sold into Egypt 17. דתין dotayı̂n Dothain, “two wells?” (Gesenius) 25. נכאת neko't “tragacanth” or goat’s-thorn gum, yielded by the “astragalus gummifer”, a native of Mount Lebanon. צרי…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 37:5-11

Here, I. Joseph relates the prophetical dreams he had, Gen 37:6, Gen 37:7, Gen 37:9, Gen 37:10. Though he was now very young (about seventeen years old), yet he was pious and devout, and…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

envied This is the envy of malice rather than of jealousy: it denotes resentment against Joseph for being favoured, and a desire to see him deprived of his privileges.

kept the saying in mind Lit.…