He recognized it, and said, “It is my son’s tunic. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.”
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He recognized it, and said, “It is my son’s tunic. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.”
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And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
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And he knew it, and said: 'It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.'
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Passages linked to Genesis 37:33 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 37:20 Come now therefore, and let’s kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, ‘An evil animal has devoured him.’ We will see what will become of his dreams.”
- Genesis 44:28 One went out from me, and I said, “Surely he is torn in pieces;” and I haven’t seen him since.
- 1 Kings 13:24 When he had gone, a lion met him by the way and killed him. His body was thrown on the path, and the donkey stood by it. The lion also stood by the body.
- 2 Kings 2:24 He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in Yahweh’s name. Then two female bears came out of the woods, and mauled forty-two of those youths.
- Proverbs 14:15 A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully considers his ways.
- John 13:7 Jesus answered him, “You don’t know what I am doing now, but you will understand later.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 37:33 And he knew it, and said, [It…
Gen 37:33 And he knew it, and said, [It is] my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
Ver. 33. It is my son’s coat, &c.] The Lord may well say as much of hypocrites: Their outward form of godliness is the garb of my sons and daughters; but some evil spirit hath devoured them, who use it only in hypocrisy. They are fair professors, but foul sinners. And when the filthy stoner goes damned to hell, what shall become of the zealous professor? As the churl said to the Bishop of Cullen, praying in the church like a bishop; but as he was a duke, going guarded like a tyrant: Whither thinkest thou the bishop shall go, when the duke shall be damned?
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Jacob rent his clothes,.... As expressive of his…
And Jacob rent his clothes,.... As expressive of his grief and mourning for the death of his son, as he supposed:
and put sackcloth upon his loins; put off his usual apparel, and put on a coarse garment on his loins next to his flesh, as another token of his great trouble and affliction for the loss of his son; which though afterwards was frequently done in times of public or private mourning, yet this is the first time we read of it; whether Jacob was the first that used it, whom his posterity and others imitated, is not certain; however it appears that this usage, as well as that of rending clothes on sorrowful occasions, were very ancient:
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and mourned for his son many days: or years, as days sometimes signify; twenty two years, according to Jarchi, even until the time he went down to Egypt and saw him alive.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 33. Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces!]…
Verse 33. Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces!] It is likely he inferred this from the lacerated state of the coat, which, in order the better to cover their wickedness, they had not only besmeared with the blood of the goat, but it is probable reduced to tatters. And what must a father's heart have felt in such a case! As this coat is rent, so is the body of my beloved son rent in pieces! and Jacob rent his clothes.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain A beast. So he might reasonably conclude from the…
A beast. So he might reasonably conclude from the blood, and from the insinuations of the messengers sent by his ten sons, (Haydock) whom he would not suspect of so heinous a crime. Wild beasts infested that country. (Menochius)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 33. My son’s coat — Jacob’s words are most…
33. My son’s coat — Jacob’s words are most touching. Render:
Tunic of my son!
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An evil beast has eaten him!
Torn, torn, — Joseph!
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 33. an evil beast] Jacob interprets the message, as…
33. an evil beast] Jacob interprets the message, as they had intended. They never asserted his death, but asked him to draw the inference. The clause is repeated from Gen_37:20.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And he knew it, and said, It is my…
And he knew it, and said, It is my son"s coat; an evil beast (vide ver. 20) hath devoured him (this was precisely what his sons meant him to infer); Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces prfo prof, the inf. abs. Kal with the Pual expressing undoubted certainty.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Without doubt
Gen_37:33
Without doubt
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Without doubt
While in relation to some things men doubt where they ought to trust, with other matters they will feel quite certain, though they have good cause for questioning.
Consider the habit of taking certain notions without doubt, as it is illustrated in the case of Jacob.
I. THE HABIT IS DEPENDENT ON PREDISPOSITION. The sanguine are without doubt of success, where the cautious are without doubt of disaster. The despondent regard the world through darkened spectacles. It is no wonder that their prospects seem gloomy.
II. THE HABIT IS ENCOURAGED BY APPEARANCES. To Jacob appearances were sadly significant. What more evidence could be wanted? We should remember that all appearances may be against the true facts.
III. THE HABIT LEADS TO GREVIOUS MISTAKES. Jacobs verdict was without doubt. Nevertheless, it was a wrong verdict. We talk of the evil of doubt. There are evils of positiveness.
IV. THE HABIT IS POSITIVELY MISCHIEVOUS. It causes distress when we are needlessly positive of a painful surmise. It does more harm. It paralyses our efforts to better a gloomy state of affairs.
V. THE HABIT MAY BE A PUNISHMENT OF FORMER UNTRUTHFULNESS. In his youth Jacob deceived his father; in his old age Jacob was deceived by his sons. He was cunning and wily. Yet he was over-reached, and suffered from the trickery of others. Worldly acuteness is no security against deception in matters that lie nearest to our heart. The fox may be out witted, while the lamb is spared in its simplicity. Application: See how the coprinciples work in various directions.
1. Domestic anxiety. Parents are often inclined to dread the worst of absent children lost to sight, and perhaps unheard of for years. Yet they may be as safe and prosperous as Joseph became.
2. Prospects for life.
3. Our spiritual condition. (W. F. Adeney, M. A.)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 37:33 recognized: Cp. 27:23.
37:33 recognized: Cp. 27:23.
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