Genesis 37:26
“And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites,.... For a slave, and that will defeat his dream; and as these were going…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Genesis 37:1-36
- Joseph Was Sold into Egypt 17. דתין dotayı̂n Dothain, “two wells?” (Gesenius) 25. נכאת neko't “tragacanth” or…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 37:23-30
We have here the execution of their plot against Joseph. 1. They stripped him, each striving to seize the envied coat of…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
conceal his blood Referring to the superstition that blood, which was not covered, would cry for vengeance: see note on…
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