# Genesis 37 📖 [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[Genesis Overview]]. [[Genesis 36]], [[Genesis 38]]. > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts]] [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### Joseph’s Dreams [[#Verse 01.]] But Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, in the land of Canaan. [[#Verse 02.]] This is the account of Jacob. Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, was taking care of the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father. [[#Verse 03.]] Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was a son born to him late in life, and he made a special tunic for him.  [[#Verse 04.]] When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated Joseph and were not able to speak to him kindly. [[#Verse 05.]]] Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it they hated him even more.  [[#Verse 06.]] He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:  [[#Verse 07.]] There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the middle of the field. Suddenly my sheaf rose up and stood upright and your sheaves surrounded my sheaf and bowed down to it!”  [[#Verse 08.]] Then his brothers asked him, “Do you really think you will rule over us or have dominion over us?” They hated him even more because of his dream and because of what he said. [[#Verse 09.]] Then he had another dream, and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said. “I had another dream. The sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”  [[#Verse 10.]] When he told his father and his brothers, his father rebuked him, saying, “What is this dream that you had? Will I, your mother, and your brothers really come and bow down to you?”  [[#Verse 11.]] His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what Joseph said. [[#Verse 12.]] When his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,  [[#Verse 13.]] Israel said to Joseph, “Your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I will send you to them.” “I’m ready,” Joseph replied.  [[#Verse 14.]] So Jacob said to him, “Go now and check on the welfare of your brothers and of the flocks, and bring me word.” So Jacob sent him from the valley of Hebron. [[#Verse 15.]] When Joseph reached Shechem, a man found him wandering in the field, so the man asked him, “What are you looking for?”  [[#Verse 16.]] He replied, “I’m looking for my brothers. Please tell me where they are grazing their flocks.”  [[#Verse 17.]] The man said, “They left this area, for I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan. [[#Verse 18.]] Now Joseph’s brothers saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him. [[#Verse 19.]] They said to one another, “Here comes this master of dreams!  [[#Verse 20.]] Come now, let’s kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild animal ate him. Then we’ll see how his dreams turn out!” [[#Verse 21.]] When Reuben heard this, he rescued Joseph from their hands, saying, “Let’s not take his life!”  [[#Verse 22.]] Reuben continued, “Don’t shed blood! Throw him into this cistern that is here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.” (Reuben said this so he could rescue Joseph from them and take him back to his father.) [[#Verse 23.]] When Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his tunic, the special tunic that he wore.  [[#Verse 24.]] Then they took him and threw him into the cistern. (Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it.) [[#Verse 25.]] When they sat down to eat their food, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh down to Egypt.  [[#Verse 26.]] Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?  [[#Verse 27.]] Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let’s not lay a hand on him, for after all, he is our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers agreed.  [[#Verse 28.]] So when the Midianite merchants passed by, Joseph’s brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites then took Joseph to Egypt. [[#Verse 29.]] Later Reuben returned to the cistern to find that Joseph was not in it! He tore his clothes,  [[#Verse 30.]] returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy isn’t there! And I, where can I go?”  [[#Verse 31.]] So they took Joseph’s tunic, killed a young goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood.  [[#Verse 32.]] Then they brought the special tunic to their father and said, “We found this. Determine now whether it is your son’s tunic or not.” [[#Verse 33.]] He recognized it and exclaimed, “It is my son’s tunic! A wild animal has eaten him! Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”  [[#Verse 34.]] Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned for his son many days.  [[#Verse 35.]] All his sons and daughters stood by him to console him, but he refused to be consoled. “No,” he said, “I will go to the grave mourning my son.” So Joseph’s father wept for him. [[#Verse 36.]] Now in Egypt the Midianites sold Joseph to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard. ## ==📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary== ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ###### Verse 24. ###### Verse 25. ###### Verse 26. ###### Verse 27. ###### Verse 28. ###### Verse 29. ###### Verse 30. ###### Verse 31. ###### Verse 32. ###### Verse 33. ###### Verse 34. ###### Verse 35. ###### Verse 36. ###### Verse 37. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write down things that are not straight from commentary but interesting facts that ground the text in history. %% ## 🧠 Chapter Summary - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write a short paragraph (3–5 sentences) summarizing what happens in this chapter. - What is the main event or teaching? - How does this chapter fit the book’s overall story? - What stands out immediately? Anything Apologetic to point out? %% ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📌 Observation 1 - 📌 Observation 2 - 📌 Observation 3 - (Add more as needed.) %% %% #### Today, I can apply this chapter by: - ✅ Application 1 - ✅ Application 2 Make these very practical: - "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation." - "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular." Think: - What do we learn about God here? - What do we learn about people? - Are there promises, commands, or warnings? %% ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of important verse." - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of another important verse." (You can link to deeper notes if you want later.) %% ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 coming soon. - 🔗 coming soon. %% Examples: - John 1:1 and Genesis 1 - Romans 5 and Genesis 3 %% ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write 3–6 sentences reflecting on: - How this chapter encourages your faith, - Convicts your heart, - Reveals God's character. Optional format: "In light of this chapter, I am challenged to..." or "I am comforted by..." %% ##### 📂 Internal Links/Personal Notes