16 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
16 And he said, H559 I seek H1245 my brethren: H251 tell H5046 me, I pray thee, where H375 they feed H7462 their flocks.
16 And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they are feeding `the flock'.
16 and he saith, `My brethren I am seeking, declare to me, I pray thee, where they are feeding?'
16 And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed [their flocks].
16 He said, "I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock."
16 And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.
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Commentary on Genesis 37 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 37
At this chapter begins the story of Joseph, who, in every subsequent chapter but one to the end of this book, makes the greatest figure. He was Jacob's eldest son by his beloved wife Rachel, born, as many eminent men were, of a mother that had been long barren. His story is so remarkably divided between his humiliation and his exaltation that we cannot avoid seeing something of Christ in it, who was first humbled and then exalted, and, in many instances, so as to answer the type of Joseph. It also shows the lot of Christians, who must through many tribulations enter into the kingdom. In this chapter we have,
Gen 37:1-4
Moses has no more to say of the Edomites, unless as they happen to fall in Israel's way; but now applies himself closely to the story of Jacob's family: These are the generations of Jacob. His is not a bare barren genealogy as that of Esau (ch. 36:1), but a memorable useful history. Here is,
Gen 37:5-11
Here,
Gen 37:12-22
Here is,
Gen 37:23-30
We have here the execution of their plot against Joseph.
Gen 37:31-36