Genesis 37

Treated in 7 passages across the library.

  • 37:3 Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, since he had been born to him in his old age, and he had a long-sleeved robe made for him. 3
  • 37:20 "Come on, let us kill him now and toss him into one of these cisterns. We can say a wild beast ate him. Then we will find out what comes of his dreams!" 2
  • 37:19 "Here comes the great dreamer," they said to one another. 1
  • 37:28 When the Midianite traders came by, they pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him to the Ishmaelites for about 8 ounces of silver, and they took Joseph away to Egypt. 1
  • 37:33 He knew it at once. "It is my son's robe!" he cried. "Some wild animal has eaten him. Joseph has been torn apart, there is no doubt of it!" 1

Open Word Bible

  1. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.5 The Fifth Commandment cites Gen 37: 3

    …and when his brethren saw that, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.’ Gen 37: 3, 4. (5) When a parent does anything which is sordid and unworthy, which casts disgrace…

  2. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 10 — The Resemblance Between the Old Testament and the New cites Gen. 37:33

    …him, and whom he loved more than all his other children, is devoured by a wild beast (Gen. 37:33). How deep the sorrow caused by his death he himself evinces, when, after long tears, he…

  3. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.6 The Sixth Commandment cites Gen 37: 20

    …him, and gave him a ‘coat of divers colours,’ envied him, and took counsel to slay him. Gen 37: 20. Envy and murder are near akin, therefore the apostle puts them together. ‘Envyings…

  4. Portraits of Courage – Samuel Ajayi Crowther · Ochorus Originals

    The Unhappy, Blessed Day cites Genesis 37:28

    …him to traders for twenty pieces of silver, and who was carried into Egypt as a slave (Genesis 37:28). His first biographer made the comparison, and so do many sermons. It is a true…

  5. The Big Story · Ochorus Originals

    Meant for Good cites Genesis 37:3

    …Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors” (Genesis 37:3). Favouritism is poison in a family, and the brothers “hated him and could not speak a…

  6. Tell Me the Story – Book 1: In the Beginning · Ochorus Originals

    Joseph’s Colourful Robe cites Genesis 37:3

    …Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons ... so he made him a robe of many colors.” — Genesis 37:3 Jacob, who was now called Israel, had twelve sons. But his favourite was Joseph. Joseph…

  7. The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life · Hannah Whitall Smith

    The Chariots of God cites Genesis. 37:19-20

    …and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves to t he ground before you?” His chariots, Genesis. 37:19-20 “They said to one another, “Here comes this dreamer. Come now, let us kill him and throw…