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Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 37:8

Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 37:8

And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

8. reign over us ] Perhaps with a reference to the future kingdom of Ephraim, or to the leadership of “the house of Joseph” (Jdg 1:22).

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

For his relation of his dreams, which they imputed to his arrogancy.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

And his brethren said unto him,…. After he had told his dream, being highly offended with him, understanding the dream, and the meaning of it, better than he did:

shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shall thou indeed have dominion over us? denying that he ever should, and reproving him for his vanity, in concluding from hence that he would have the dominion over them. So the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, dost thou think, suppose, or imagine that thou shall rule over us? it looks as if by telling us this dream that such a whim and fancy has got into thine head:

and they hated him yet the more for his dreams and for his words; for it seems by this that he had dreamt, and told them more dreams besides this, and they hated him both for them, and for his telling them to them; though Jarchi thinks the phrase, “for his words”, refers to the ill report he gave of them to his father, Ge 37:2.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

8. Shalt thou indeed reign over us? Here it is plainly shown to us that the paternal favor of God towards the elect, is like a fan to excite against them the enmity of the world. When the sons of Jacob heard that they were fighting in vain against God, their unjust hatred ought, by such means, to have been corrected. For it was as if God, setting himself in the midst, would repress their fury by these words, “Your impious conspiring will be fruitless; for although you boast, I have constituted as your chief, the man whose ruin your wicked envy hurries you to seek.” Perhaps, also, by this consolatory dream, he intended to alleviate the trouble of the holy youth. Yet their obstinacy caused it to be the more increased. Let us then learn not to be grieved if, at any time, the shining of the grace of God upon us should cause us to be envied. The sons of Jacob, however, were but too acute interpreters of the dream: yet they deride it as a fable, because it was repugnant to their wishes. Thus it often happens that they who are ill-disposed, quickly perceive what is the will of God: but, because they feel no reverence, they despise it. To this contumacy, however, succeeds a stupor which destroys their former quick-sightedness.

Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary

‘And his brothers said, “Will you indeed reign over us? Or will you indeed have dominion over us?” And they hated him yet even more.

The brothers recognised the significance of the dream. As sons to the slave wives (Gen 37:2) they took it very badly. Joseph was even dreaming of his superiority over them. The idea that they should bow down to him was preposterous.

Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett

See Luk 19:14 ; Gen 46:29 . Jacob’s idea of this dream was, that the Sun represented himself; as a father is the source of life and warmth and nourishment to his family; that the Moon meant his wife, for as the moon derives its influence from the sun, so the wife from her husband; and the exact number of eleven stars expressly particularized the eleven sons of Israel.

Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

Gen 37:8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

Ver. 8. Shalt thou indeed reign over us? ] They rightly interpreted the dream, yet stubbornly resist the revealed will of God. This leaves sin without a cloak, Joh 15:22 as it did in the Pharisees. They rightly interpreted that place in Micah, Mat 2:1-10 and yet, when Christ, to whom all their own signs did so well agree, came amongst them, they would by no means receive him; nay, they sent a message after him, saying, “We will not have this man to reign over us.”

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

shalt thou, &c. Figure of speech Erotesis. Compare the rejection of Moses, Exo 2:14; and of Christ, Luk 19:14.

Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics

reign over us: Gen 37:4, Exo 2:14, 1Sa 10:27, 1Sa 17:28, Psa 2:3-6, Psa 118:22, Luk 19:14, Luk 20:17, Act 4:27, Act 4:28, Act 7:35, Heb 10:29

Reciprocal: Gen 27:41 – hated Gen 37:5 – and they Gen 42:10 – General 1Sa 18:28 – General 1Ki 22:8 – but I hate him Amo 7:10 – not Mat 5:22 – That Rom 3:7 – if the truth

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Gen 37:8. Shalt thou indeed reign over us? See here, 1st, How truly they interpreted his dream! The event exactly answered this interpretation, Gen 42:6, &c. 2d, How scornfully they resented it, Shalt thou, that art but one, reign over us, that are many? Thou that art the youngest, over us that are elder? The reign of Jesus Christ, our Joseph, is despised and opposed by an unbelieving world, who cannot endure to think that this man should reign over them. The dominion also of the upright in the morning of the resurrection is thought of with the utmost disdain. They hated him yet the more for his words For this relation of his dream, which they imputed to his arrogancy.

Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

37:8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they {d} hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

(d) The more God shows himself favourable to his own, the more the malice of the wicked rages against them.

Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes