They took Joseph's robe and slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood. And they sent the robe of many colors and brought it to their father.GENESIS 37:31-32+Hope for Life amid DeathGod humbl...  Read More

They drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver.GENESIS 37:28+Cut off and RemovedJoseph was sold for a smaller price than Christ was, an...  Read More

"Come, let us sell [Joseph] to the Ishmaelites."GENESIS 37:27+Rescue Will Come, but Not YetGod wanted His saints and Church to endure such horrible trials that their hearts might be aroused to reflect...  Read More

Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own ...  Read More

"Here comes this dreamer. Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits."GENESIS 37:19-20+Where Is God?Jacob and Joseph are submitted to a very hard trial in a manner plainly different ...  Read More

They saw [Joseph] from afar, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him.GENESIS 37:18+The Purpose of TemptationLet us consider these matters carefully so that, after we hav...  Read More

Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.GENESIS 37:17+The Wisdom of GodIn such danger we see the deepest silence of God and the angels. They allow Joseph to rush headlong into the most...  Read More

[Joseph shared his dreams with his brothers]: "My sheaf arose and stood upright. And behold, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf. . .. Behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven star...  Read More

Jacob lived in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan. . .. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers.GENESIS 37:1-2+Sustained through TroublesT...  Read More

These are the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).GENESIS 36:1+GenerationsThe genealogy of Esau, then, is fittingly added to the history of the two patriarchs Isaac and Jacob. For in this we see the g...  Read More

Isaac breathed his last, and he died and was gathered to his people, old and full of days.GENESIS 35:29+Pleasant RestThe Holy Spirit does not say: "He disappeared after he ceased living" but "he was g...  Read More

Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).GENESIS 35:19+God Is Present at All TimesThe circumstances of this story increase and emphasize [Jacob's] grief, nor is it ye...  Read More