Verse 24
Genesis 37:24
Bible in Basic English
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And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּ֨קָּחֻ֔/הוּ וַ/יַּשְׁלִ֥כוּ אֹת֖/וֹ הַ/בֹּ֑רָ/ה וְ/הַ/בּ֣וֹר רֵ֔ק אֵ֥ין בּ֖/וֹ מָֽיִם
English Translation
And they took her and threw her into the pit, and the pit was empty; there was no water in it.
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Chapter 37 Context
1
Now Jacob was living in the land where his father had made a place for himself, in the land of Canaa...
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These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock,...
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Now the love which Israel had for Joseph was greater than his love for all his other children, becau...
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And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were ful...
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Now Joseph had a dream, and he gave his brothers an account of it, which made their hate greater tha...
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And he said to them, Let me give you the story of my dream.
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We were in the field, getting the grain stems together, and my grain kept upright, and yours came ro...
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And his brothers said to him, Are you to be our king? will you have authority over us? And because o...
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Then he had another dream, and gave his brothers an account of it, saying, I have had another dream:...
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And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of...
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And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.
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Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.
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And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to...
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And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back a...
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And a man saw him wandering in the country, and said to him, What are you looking for?
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And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock...
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And the man said, They have gone away from here, for they said in my hearing, Let us go to Dothan. S...
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But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design...
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Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer.
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Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast...
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But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.
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Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep h...
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So when Joseph came to his brothers, they took off his long coat which he had on;
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And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.
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Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmael...
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And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up...
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Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is...
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And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ish...
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Now when Reuben came back to the hole, Joseph was not there; and giving signs of grief,
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He went back to his brothers, and said, The child is gone; what am I to do?
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Then they took Joseph's coat, and put on it some of the blood from a young goat which they had put t...
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And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not?
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And he saw that it was, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has put him to death; without d...
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Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.
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And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, sayi...
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36
And in Egypt the men of Midian gave him for a price to Potiphar, a captain of high position in Phara...
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