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10761 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Gather.13
… of Joseph: “God hath taken away my reproach” ( Genesis 30:23 ). In this case, Sarah speaks of the “destruction” of her reproach. “To gather one’s soul” is “to lose” one’s life …
10762 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Go Down.5
… over Joseph whom he thought to be dead, he said: “For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning” ( Genesis 37:35 ). Since one can “descend” into Sheol alive as a …
10763 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Good.4
… unto Joseph.…” In 1 Samuel 25:8, the emphasis is on the nuance “delightful” or “festal”: “… Let the young men find favor in thine eyes: for we come in a good day.…” God is described …
10764 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Hate.5
… feeling Joseph’s brothers experienced because their father preferred him ( Genesis 37:4; cf. v. 11). This “hatred” increased when Joseph reported his dreams ( Genesis …
10765 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Head.7
… of Joseph …” ( Genesis 49:26 ).
10766 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Head.16
… and Joseph hindermost.” The “former ones” are “ancestors”: “But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land …
10767 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Hear.4
… told Joseph that he “heard” Joseph’s brothers say, “Let us go to Dothan”; in other words, he unintentionally “overheard” them say it. Shâma‛ can also be used of “eavesdropping …
10768 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Hear.5
Joseph asked his brothers to “listen” as he recounted what he had dreamed ( Genesis 37:6 ). In 1 Chronicles 28:2, David told his audience to “listen” as he spoke; they were to give him their undivided attention.
10769 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Help.2
… of Joseph: “… The God of thy father, who shall help thee …” ( Genesis 49:25 ).
10770 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Honor.7
… , where Joseph told his brothers to report to his “father … all my [majesty] in Egypt.” Here this word includes a report of his position and the assurance that if the …
10771 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Horse.2
… unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses.…” In the second quarter of the …
10772 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. House.7
… past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh.…” The ideas “royal court” and “descendant” are joined in 1 Samuel 20:16 : “So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of …
10773 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Humbled, to Be; Afflicted.4
… ). When Joseph was sold as a slave, his feet were hurt with fetters ( Psalms 105:18 ). Frequently the verb expresses the idea that God sends affliction for disciplinary …
10774 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Keep, Watch, Guard.8
… mentally. Joseph tells Pharaoh to appoint overseers to gather food: “And let them … lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities” ( Genesis …
10775 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Know.7
… :7 ). Joseph told his brothers that were they to leave one of their number with him in Egypt then he would “know,” by experience, that they were honest men ( Genesis …
10776 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Last.4
… and Joseph hindermost” ( Genesis 33:2 —the first biblical appearance). When applied elsewhere, the word means “western”: “Every place whereon the soles of your feet …
10777 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Lord.3
… aides. Joseph told his brothers: “So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father [i.e., an adviser] to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house …
10778 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Magnify.7
… to Joseph: “Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater [more powerful and honored …
10779 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Minister, Serve.3
… of Joseph as he becomes the slave of Potiphar: “And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served [RSV, “attended”] him …” ( Genesis 39:4 ).
10780 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Morning.7
… : “And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them and, behold, they were sad” ( Genesis 40:6 ). Thus, Moses “rose up early in the morning” and went up to Mount …