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Genesis
Chapter 37
1~~And
Jacob kept on dwelling in prosperity {yashab}
in
the land
wherein
his father was a stranger,
in
the land of Canaan {land of promise}.
2~~These
. . . {are} the generations of Jacob.
Joseph,
being seventeen years old,
was
shepherding the flock with his brethren
{this means Joseph was in the chief shepherd
- over his older brothers - very mature and competent at 17}.
And
the lad was with the sons of Bilhah,
and
with the sons of Zilpah . . . his father's wives
And
Joseph was caused to bring
unto
his father a evil/wicked {ra'}slander/report {dibbah}
concerning
them.
{Note: Here it is referring to Bilhah's sons Dan and Naphtali and two of Zilpah's are Gad and Asher These four were under Joseph's leadership - he turned in a bad report on this four brothers. Joseph was not afraid to turn in an honest report on those under his authority. He had character.}
{Problem
of Showing Favoritism to One Child over the Others}
37:3~~Now
Israel {Jacob} loved Joseph
more
than all his children
because
he was 'his son who was wiser than his years'
{idiom: literally 'son of his old age' meaning 'greatest son in
wisdom'}.
And
he made him a 'long coat with long sleeves'
{badge of authority}.
{Note: The KJV called this a 'coat of many colors' but that is not what the Hebrew says. This was a long coat with sleeves and was the mark of his authority over the others - chief shepherd. Longer the coat on sleeves and legs was more authority. So, the oldest Reuben might have a robe only to his knees. The rest could be in their 20's and might be in short sleeves and a short tunic.}
{Note: This is a failure of Jacob by showing favoritism to Joseph over the others and he will pay for it.}
4~~And
when his brethren
kept
on seeing that their father loved him
more
than all his brethren,
they
hated { sane' - mental attitude sin} him,
and
could not 'communicate categorically' {dabar}
'shalowm'/peace
{unto him}.
{Note: shalowm means peace alright, but it is the typical Jewish greeting. They hated him so much from the mental attitude sin of jealousy that they could not even say 'hello' to him.}
5~~And
Joseph kept on dreaming a dream,
and
he was caused to tell it to his brethren
{passing on divine revelation}.
And
they kept on being caused to hate him {by their jealousy}
yet
the more.
{Verses
6-8: Dream of Supremacy over Brothers}
6~~
And he {Joseph} kept on saying {'amar} unto them,
"
'Listen, concentrate, and obey
{shama` - imperative mood - an order},
'I
pray you'/please, this dream which I have dreamed."
7~~For,
behold, we . . . {were} intensely binding sheaves
in
the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose and stood upright
{indicating rule over the others}
And,
behold, your sheaves kept on standing round about
{around Joseph's},
and
kept on 'bowing in homage' themselves {shachah} to my sheaf.
{Note: This is very clear that the jealous brothers are now told that they would bow before Joseph. Did not help their mental attitudes at all!}
8~~And
his brethren kept on saying to him,
"
Reigning . . . shall you indeed
keep
on reigning {malak malak - very strong} {over us}?
Having
dominion . . . shall you indeed
keep
on having dominion { mashal mashal }{over us}?
And
they kept on being caused to hate him {by their jealousy}
yet
the more for his dreams,
and
for his 'doctrine communicated categorically' {dabar}.
{Verses
9-10: Dream of Supremacy over Israel}
9~~And
he {Joseph} kept on dreaming yet another dream,
and
recounted it his brethren,
and
kept on saying, "Behold, I dreamed a dream again.
And,
behold, the sun and the moon
and
eleven stars, one after the other,
kept
on 'bowing in homage' themselves {shachah} {to me}.
10~~And
he {Joseph} recounted {it} to his father {Jacob/Israel},
and
to his brethren.
And
his father kept on rebuking him,
and
kept on saying {unto him},
"What
is this dream that you dreamed?
Shall
I {the sun} and your mother {Jacob's wife - Rachael}
and
your brethren {eleven stars}
indeed
come to bow down ourselves to you to the earth?"
11^~
And his brethren kept on being intensely jealous
toward
him . . . but his father remembered
{idiom: literally: 'guarded it (in his mind)'}
the
'doctrine categorically communicated' {dabar}.
{Joseph
Goes on Last Mission for His Father}
12~~And
his brethren kept on going to feed their father's flock
in
Shechem {name means 'shoulder or strength'}.
13~~And
Israel {Yisra'el/ Jacob} kept on saying unto Joseph,
"Do
not your brethren feed {the flock} in Shechem?
Come,
I keep on sending you unto them."
And
he said to him, "I will go." { 'amar}
{idiom: literally is 'Here am I' - used as an affirmative response to
an order}
14~~
And he {Israel} kept on saying to him {Joseph},
"Go,
see whether it be well/peace/prosperity {shalowm}
with
your brethren,
and
well/peace/prosperity {shalowm} with the flocks
and
cause to bring me another 'efficiency report' {dabar}.
So
he kept on going out of the vale of Hebron,
and
he kept on coming to Shechem.
{Brothers
Off Goofing Off}
15~~A
certain man kept on finding him,
{while}
he {Joseph} was wandering in the field
{looking for his brothers and the flock which was not where it
should have been}.
And
the man kept on enquiring of him, saying,
"For
what are you intensively seeking?"
16~~And
he {Joseph} kept on saying,
"I
keep on intensively seeking my brethren.
Be
caused to tell me, where they shepherd {the flocks}."
17~~And
the man kept on saying, "They left here.
For
I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan
{name means the 'gift' - a town nearer to the desert}.' "
And
Joseph kept on going after his brethren,
and
'was in the process of finding' them in Dothan.
18~~And
when they {the AOL brothers}
kept
on observing him afar off,
even
before he came near unto them,
they
kept on conspiring themselves against him . . .
to
cause the murder of him {Joseph}.
{Note: AOL= absent without leave. They were not where they should have been and know they have been caught again by the head shepherd - their 'little brother' - daddy's favorite! Mutual jealousy leads to conspiracy which leads to thoughts of murder.}
{The
Brothers Mock Joseph To Each Other}
19^~
And they kept on saying one to another,
"Behold,
this dreamer comes. 20^~
Come
now therefore,
and
let us 'begin the process to kill' him,
and
cause the casting of him into some pit,
and
we will say,
'Some
evil/wicked {ra'} life/beast {chay} has devoured him.'
And
we shall keep on seeing
what
will become of his dreams. "
21~~And
Reuben kept on hearing {the plot to kill Joseph},
and
he 'caused to be delivered'/rescued {Joseph} out of their hands
and
kept on saying, "Let us not murder/slay {him}
{idiom: literally: 'let us not compete the process of slaying his
soul (nephesh)'}."
{Note: Ruben - the eldest son - was against the plot. But, RBT says Reuben was a weak and unstable person at this time. He loses his rights as the first-born because he has no stability. Nobility without stability is also no good.}
22~~And
Reuben kept on saying unto them,
"Do
not being the process to pour out {Joseph's} blood . . .
Cast
{shalak} him into this pit that is in the desert,
and
'cast out' {shalach} no hand upon him
(for
the purpose that he might deliver him {Joseph}
out
of their hands,
to
cause to return {shuwb} him {Joseph}
to
his father again).
23~~And
it came to pass
when
Joseph {Yowceph - BLB says means 'Jehovah has added'}
had
come unto his brethren,
that
they caused the stripping of Joseph
out
of his 'long coat' {k@thoneth} . . .
his
'long coat with long sleeves'
{k@thoneth pac - his badge of
authority}
{that
was on him}.
24~~And
they kept on taking him,
and
caused to cast him into a pit
(the
pit was empty . . . { there was} no water {in it}).
{Note: So the pit was deep but was not full of water where Joseph would have quickly drowned.}
{Joseph
in Well - Brothers Eat}
25~~And
they 'sat down'/dwelt in prosperity' {yashab}
to
eat food. And they kept on lifting up their eyes and looking,
and,
behold, a company of Ishmaelites {descendents of Ishmael}
came
from Gilead with their camels
bearing
spicery {n@ko'th - a type of tragacanth gum}
and
balm {ts@riy - medicine}
and
myrrh {lot - perfume},
going
to carry it down to Egypt.
{Note: Yashab indicates their mental attitude. They were very happy with themselves. And, the kidnapping of their brother and probably death of him did not affect their appetites. Chapter 42:21 tells us - with the brothers thinking back on this incident - that Joseph was screaming to his brothers to let him out . . . and they sat in peace, enjoying their meal.}
26~~And
Judah kept on saying unto his brethren,
"What
profit is it if we slay our brother,
and
'cover up the murder'?
{idiom: literally 'conceal his blood'?}"
27~~Come,
and let us being the process to sell him
to
the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him . . .
for
he is our brother . . . and our flesh {related - same father}.
And
his brethren
kept
on 'listening, concentrating and obeying' {shama`}
{they liked the idea}.
28~~Then
there passed by Midianites . . . merchantmen.
And
they {the brothers} drew
and
caused the lifting up Joseph out of the pit,
and
sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites
for
twenty pieces of silver.
And
they brought Joseph into Egypt.
29~~And
Reuben returned unto the pit;
and,
behold, Joseph was not in the pit;
and
he kept on being distraught/'mentally distressed'
{qara` beged - idiom (and maybe literally here)
'tore/rent
his clothes' - meaning though is to be mentally
distressed}.
30~~And
he {Ruben} returned unto his brethren,
and
kept on saying, "The youth {Joseph} is not {in the pit}
what
shall I do? {idiom: literally 'where shall I go?'}"
{Verses
31-35: The Sorrow of Jacob/Israel}
31^~And
they took Joseph's 'long coat' {k@thoneth}
and
killed a kid { sa`iyr - used also for sacrificial animal}
of
the goats,
and
kept on dipping the 'long coat' in the blood.
32~~And
they intensively sent
the
'long coat with long sleeves' {k@thoneth pac}
and
kept on causing it to be brought to their father;
and
kept on saying,
"This
have we found.
We
are not caused to perceive/know {nakar}
whether
or not it is your son's long coat."
33~~And
he {Jacob/Israel} was caused to keep on knowing it,
and
kept on saying,
"It
is my son's long coat;
an
evil/wild {ra'} beast has devoured him.
Joseph
. . . torn in pieces . . . without a doubt, torn in pieces
{taraph taraph - doubling very strong - Jacob mentally is sure of
this fact (though wrong)}."
34~~And
Jacob {Ya`aqob/Israel}
kept
on 'being mentally distraught'/'tearing his clothes',
and
put sackcloth upon his loins,
and
he himself mourned for his son many days.
35~~And
all his sons and all his daughters
kept
on rising up to intensively comfort him
{picture of them trying hard to bring comfort to him}.
But
he utterly refused to be comforted
and
he kept on saying,
"For
I will go down into the grave mourning for my son.
Thus
his father kept on weeping for him."
36~~{Meanwhile},
the Midianites sold him {Joseph} into Egypt
unto
Potiphar, {name means 'devoted to the sun god'},
a
nobleman {3rd or 4th in the land} of Pharaoh,
chief
of the police system'.
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