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Genesis 37:6

Genesis 37:6
And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And he said unto them, hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed. Hear now, so the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, immediately, directly, lest he should forget it, having perhaps dreamt it…

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

Genesis 37:2-36

(JE). Joseph sold into Egypt

2 b (J). and he was a lad with, &c. The English here gives an awkward rendering. The meaning is, "he was keeping sheep, being still a lad, with his brethren, the sons of…

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