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Genesis 37:19

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19 Und sie sprachen einer zum anderen: Siehe, da kommt jener Träumer!

Genesis 37:19 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 37:19

And they said one to another
According to the Targum of Jonathan, Simeon and Levi said what follows: nor is it unlikely, since they were hot, passionate, cruel, and bloody minded men, as appears by the affair of Shechem; and perhaps this may be the reason why Joseph afterwards, when governor of Egypt, took Simeon and bound him, ( Genesis 42:24 ) ; which was but a just retaliation for his advice to cast him into a pit when slain:

behold, this dreamer cometh;
or "master of dreams" F18; not of the interpretation of them, but of dreaming them; that had them at his command when he pleased, as they jeeringly flouted him; as if he was a framer and contriver of them, and only pretended to them when he had none, or else that he was frequently dreaming and telling his dreams; this they said in a sarcastic way, and, perhaps, as pleased, and rejoicing that such an opportunity offered to take their revenge on him: this shows that it was on the account of his dreams chiefly that they bore such a grudge against him, that this was uppermost on their minds, and was revived at first sight of him, and from whence their malice sprung.


FOOTNOTES:

F18 (twmlxh leb) "magister somniorum", Tigurine version, Montanus; "dominus somniorum", Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius
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Genesis 37:19 In-Context

17 Und der Mann sprach: Sie sind von hier aufgebrochen, denn ich hörte sie sagen: Laßt uns nach Dothan ziehen! Da ging Joseph seinen Brüdern nach und fand sie zu Dothan.
18 Und sie sahen ihn von ferne; und ehe er ihnen nahte, da ersannen sie gegen ihn den Anschlag, ihn zu töten.
19 Und sie sprachen einer zum anderen: Siehe, da kommt jener Träumer!
20 So kommt nun und laßt uns ihn erschlagen und ihn in eine der Gruben werfen, und wir wollen sagen: Ein böses Tier hat ihn gefressen; und wir werden sehen, was aus seinen Träumen wird.
21 Und Ruben hörte es und errettete ihn aus ihrer Hand und sprach: Laßt uns ihn nicht totschlagen!
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