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Genesis 37

Genesis 37 ( Genesis • Chapter 37 (36 verses)): And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan . These are the generations of Jacob . Joseph , being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah , and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Canaan , Joseph , Hebron , Reuben , Bilhah , Shechem , Dothan . It is closely linked with Genesis (Old Testament • 50 Chapters): Genesis (Old Testament, 50 chapters). Key figures: Adam , Cain , Abel , Enoch , Irad , Mehujael . Key places: Eden , Havilah 2 , Gihon 2 , Ethiopia , Assyria , Euphrates . Opens with: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth...."

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Moab (Generation 22 • Child of Lot ): Moab is a biblical figure in Generation 22, child of Lot , parent of Moabites . ( Genesis 19:37 ) (mentioned in Genesis 19 , Genesis 36 , Exodus 15 ) Enoch (Generation 7 • Messianic Line • Child of Jared ): Enoch is a biblical figure in Generation 7 of the Messianic Line , child of Jared , parent of Methuselah . ( Genesis 5:15 , 1 Chronicles 1:3 , Luke 3:37 , Genesis 5:23 ) (mentioned in Genesis 4 , Genesis 5 , 1 Chronicles 1 ) Moabites (Generation 23 • Child of Moab): Moabites is a biblical figure in Generation 23, child of Moab. ( Genesis 19:37 ) (mentioned in Genesis 19 , Numbers 22 , Deuteronomy 2 ) Jared (Generation 6 • Messianic Line • Child of Mahalalel ): Jared is a biblical figure in Generation 6 of the Messianic Line, child of Mahalalel , parent of Enoch. ( Genesis 5:15 , 1 Chronicles 1:2 , Luke 3:37 , Genesis 5:20 ) (mentioned in Genesis 5 , 1 Chronicles 1 , Luke 3 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: The Flood Tablet ( Gilgamesh Tablet XI ) — Cuneiform clay tablet excavated at Nineveh from the Royal Library of Ashurbanipal and deciphered by George Smith in 1872. Recording the Mesopotamian flood narrative (releasing a dove, swallow, and raven as the ark comes to rest on a mountain), it provides a remarkable ancient Near Eastern comparative witness alongside Genesis 6 –9.

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Genesis 37:19 : "And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh."; Genesis 37:11 : "And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying."; Genesis 37:12 : "And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem .". Related canonical books and chapters: Genesis 37 ( Genesis • Chapter 37 (36 verses)), Genesis (Old Testament • 50 Chapters), Exodus 37 ( Exodus • Chapter 37 (29 verses)).

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Topics, People & Places (36)

Genesis 37
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Genesis • Chapter 37 (36 verses)

And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan . These are the generations of Jacob . Joseph , being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah , and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Canaan , Joseph , Hebron , Reuben , Bilhah , Shechem , Dothan .

Genesis
99% Old Testament
Old Testament • 50 Chapters

Genesis (Old Testament, 50 chapters). Key figures: Adam , Cain , Abel , Enoch , Irad , Mehujael . Key places: Eden , Havilah 2 , Gihon 2 , Ethiopia , Assyria , Euphrates . Opens with: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth...."

Genesis 37:28
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Genesis Chapter 37, Verse 28

Scripture passage in Genesis 37:28

Moab
90% Gen 22
Generation 22 • Child of Lot

Moab is a biblical figure in Generation 22, child of Lot , parent of Moabites . ( Genesis 19:37 )

Enoch
85% Messianic Line
Generation 7 • Messianic Line • Child of Jared

Enoch is a biblical figure in Generation 7 of the Messianic Line , child of Jared , parent of Methuselah . ( Genesis 5:15 , 1 Chronicles 1:3 , Luke 3:37 , Genesis 5:23 )

Moabites
82% Gen 23
Generation 23 • Child of Moab

Moabites is a biblical figure in Generation 23, child of Moab . ( Genesis 19:37 )

Jared
82% Messianic Line
Generation 6 • Messianic Line • Child of Mahalalel

Jared is a biblical figure in Generation 6 of the Messianic Line , child of Mahalalel , parent of Enoch . ( Genesis 5:15 , 1 Chronicles 1:2 , Luke 3:37 , Genesis 5:20 )

Methuselah
81% Messianic Line
Generation 8 • Messianic Line • Child of Enoch

Methuselah is a biblical figure in Generation 8 of the Messianic Line , child of Enoch , parent of Lamech . ( Genesis 5:21 , 1 Chronicles 1:2 , Luke 3:37 , Genesis 5:27 )

Mahalalel
81% Messianic Line
Generation 5 • Messianic Line • Child of Kenan

Mahalalel is a biblical figure in Generation 5 of the Messianic Line , child of Kenan , parent of Jared . ( Genesis 5:12 , Luke 3:37 , Genesis 5:17 )

Michelangelo — The Creation of Adam (Sistine Chapel)
IMAGE • artwork

Iconic high Renaissance fresco painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel illustrating God breathing life into Adam ( Genesis 2:7 ).

Michelangelo Buonarroti • Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museums / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Gustave Doré — The Deluge (The Great Flood)
IMAGE • artwork

Dramatic engraving portraying desperate families and a mother shielding her child on a rock as floodwaters engulf the earth ( Genesis 7 ).

Gustave Doré • La Grande Bible de Tours / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
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AUDIO • scripture

Historic audio transmission from Apollo 8 astronauts William Anders, Jim Lovell, and Frank Borman reading Genesis 1 from lunar orbit on Christmas Eve 1968.

NASA Astronauts William Anders, Jim Lovell, Frank Borman • NASA / National Archives Public Domain
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AUDIO • scripture

Traditional Tiberian cantillation (te'amim) chanting of the Masoretic Text of Genesis 13 -14 in Biblical Hebrew.

AdoniTzedek / Wikimedia Commons • Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0
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AUDIO • scripture

Traditional liturgical cantillation of Genesis 14:18-24 recounting Melchizedek king of Salem blessing Abram with bread and wine.

AdoniTzedek / Wikimedia Commons • Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0
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AUDIO • scripture

Cantillation chanting of Genesis 15 recording God's unilateral covenant with Abram and the promise of heirs like the stars.

AdoniTzedek / Wikimedia Commons • Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0
γένεσις
genesis (génesis) [ghen'-es-is]
G1078 Greek noun feminine 5x
origin, lineage, birth

Primary meaning: origin, lineage, birth. Strong's: nativity; figuratively, nature. Lexical nuances: origin, lineage : βίβλος γενέσεως (as in Ge 2:4 a 5:1 ), Mt 1:1 . birth : Mt 1:18 , Lk 1:14 (Rec. γέννησις ); πρόσωπον τῆς γ. , face of his birth ("what God made him to be," Hort., in l.), Ja 1:23 ; ὁ τροχὸς τῆς γ. , the wheel (course) of birth or creation ("the wheel of man's nature according to its original Divine purpose," Hort), Ja 3:6 .†

Derivation: from the same as G1074 (γενεά);
Interactive 3D Cuneiform Tablet • Genesis 6–9

Cuneiform clay tablet excavated at Nineveh from the Royal Library of Ashurbanipal and deciphered by George Smith in 1872. Recording the Mesopotamian flood narrative (releasing a dove, swallow, and raven as the ark comes to rest on a mountain), it provides a remarkable ancient Near Eastern comparative witness alongside Genesis 6 –9.

Exodus 37
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Exodus • Chapter 37 (29 verses)

And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it: And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about. And he cast ...

Ezekiel 37
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Ezekiel • Chapter 37 (28 verses)

The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. And he... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah , Joseph , Ephraim , David .

Genesis 1
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Genesis • Chapter 1 (31 verses)

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Genesis 2
53% Chapter
Genesis • Chapter 2 (25 verses)

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had... Mentions: Adam , Eden , Havilah 2 , Gihon 2 , Ethiopia , Assyria .

Genesis 3
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Genesis • Chapter 3 (24 verses)

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of t... Mentions: Adam , Eden .

Genesis 4
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Genesis • Chapter 4 (26 verses)

And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain , and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. And she again bare his brother Abel . And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fr... Mentions: Adam , Cain, Abel, Enoch , Irad , Nod , Eden , Tubal .

Genesis 5
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Genesis • Chapter 5 (32 verses)

This is the book of the generations of Adam . In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam , in the day when they were created. And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and bega... Mentions: Adam, Seth , Jared , Enoch , Methuselah , Ham 2 .

Genesis 6
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Genesis • Chapter 6 (22 verses)

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive w... Mentions: Noah , Shem , Ham , Japheth , Ham 2 .

Genesis 7
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Genesis • Chapter 7 (24 verses)

And the Lord said unto Noah , Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. O... Mentions: Noah , Shem , Ham , Japheth , Ham 2 .

Genesis 8
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Genesis • Chapter 8 (22 verses)

And God remembered Noah , and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged; The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; A... Mentions: Noah , Ararat .

Genesis 9
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Genesis • Chapter 9 (29 verses)

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes... Mentions: Noah , Shem , Ham , Japheth , Canaan , Ham 2 .

Genesis 10
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Genesis • Chapter 10 (32 verses)

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah , Shem , Ham , and Japheth : and unto them were sons born after the flood. The sons of Japheth ; Gomer , and Magog , and Madai, and Javan , and Tubal , and Meshech , and Tiras. And the sons of Gomer ; Ashkenaz , and Riphath, and Togarmah. Mentions: Noah , Shem , Ham , Japheth, Cush , Ham 2 , Gomer, Magog , Javan , Tubal .

Genesis 11
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Genesis • Chapter 11 (32 verses)

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar ; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had br... Mentions: Shem , Arpachshad (or Arphaxad ), Eber (or Heber ), Peleg , Reu , Shinar , Babel , Terah , Haran , Canaan .

Genesis 12
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Genesis • Chapter 12 (20 verses)

Now the Lord had said unto Abram , Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bl... Mentions: Abram/Abraham , Lot , Haran , Canaan , Shechem , Moreh 1 , Egypt .

Genesis 13
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Genesis • Chapter 13 (18 verses)

And Abram went up out of Egypt , he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth–el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning,... Mentions: Abram/Abraham, Lot , Canaan , Hebron , Egypt , Jordan , Sodom , Gomorrah , Zoar .

Genesis 14
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Genesis • Chapter 14 (24 verses)

And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar , Arioch king of Ellasar , Chedorlaomer king of Elam , and Tidal king of nations; That these made war with Bera king of Sodom , and with Birsha king of Gomorrah , Shinab king of Admah , and Shemeber king of Zeboiim , and the kin... Mentions: Elam , Bela , Ham , Amalekites , Lot , Shinar , Ellasar , Sodom , Gomorrah .

Genesis 15
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Genesis • Chapter 15 (21 verses)

After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram : I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus ? And Abr... Mentions: Abram/Abraham, Eliezer , Damascus , Egypt , Euphrates .

Genesis 16
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Genesis • Chapter 16 (16 verses)

Now Sarai Abram 's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. And Sarai said unto Abram , Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearke... Mentions: Abram/Abraham, Canaan , Ishmael , Shur , Kadesh 1 , Bered .

Papyrus 52 (P52, Rylands Greek 457) Verso — John 18:37–38
IMAGE • manuscripts

Verso of P52 containing Christ 's famous declaration: 'Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice' and Pilate's question 'What is truth?'.

Second-Century Egyptian Christian Scribe • John Rylands Library, Manchester / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0

Scripture Passages (24)

Genesis 37:19 (KJV)
Genesis 37 KJV

And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

Genesis 37:11 (KJV)
Genesis 37 KJV

And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

Genesis 37:12 (KJV)
Genesis 37 KJV

And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem .

Genesis 37:6 (KJV)
Genesis 37 KJV

And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

Genesis 37:1 (KJV)
Genesis 37 KJV

And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan .

Genesis 37:16 (KJV)
Genesis 37 KJV

And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.

Genesis 37:5 (KJV)
Genesis 37 KJV

And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

Genesis 37:30 (KJV)
Genesis 37 KJV

And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?

Genesis 37:34 (KJV)
Genesis 37 KJV

And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

Genesis 37:21 (KJV)
Genesis 37 KJV

And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

Genesis 37:26 (KJV)
Genesis 37 KJV

And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

Genesis 37:29 (KJV)
Genesis 37 KJV

And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.

Genesis 37:36 (KJV)
Genesis 37 KJV

And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.

Genesis 37:31 (KJV)
Genesis 37 KJV

And they took Joseph 's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;

Genesis 37:18 (KJV)
Genesis 37 KJV

And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

Genesis 37:24 (KJV)
Genesis 37 KJV

And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

Genesis 37:15 (KJV)
Genesis 37 KJV

And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

Genesis 37:4 (KJV)
Genesis 37 KJV

And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

Genesis 37:33 (KJV)
Genesis 37 KJV

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.

Genesis 37:3 (KJV)
Genesis 37 KJV

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

Genesis 37:17 (KJV)
Genesis 37 KJV

And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan . And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan .

And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.

Genesis 37:23 (KJV)
Genesis 37 KJV

And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;

Genesis 37:13 (KJV)
Genesis 37 KJV

And Israel said unto Joseph , Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem ? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.

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