Verse 20
Genesis 37:20
Darby Translation
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And now come and let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast has devoured him; and we will see what becomes of his dreams.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עַתָּ֣ה לְכ֣וּ וְ/נַֽהַרְגֵ֗/הוּ וְ/נַשְׁלִכֵ֨/הוּ֙ בְּ/אַחַ֣ד הַ/בֹּר֔וֹת וְ/אָמַ֕רְנוּ חַיָּ֥ה רָעָ֖ה אֲכָלָ֑תְ/הוּ וְ/נִרְאֶ֕ה מַה יִּהְי֖וּ חֲלֹמֹתָֽי/ו
English Translation
And now come, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits, and we will say a wild animal has eaten him, and we will see what will become of his dreams.
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Chapter 37 Context
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And Jacob dwelt in the land where his father sojourned in the land of Canaan.
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These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, fed the flock with his brethr...
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And Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was son of his old age; and he made him a...
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And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, and they hated him, and...
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And Joseph dreamed a dream, and told [it] to his brethren, and they hated him yet the more.
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And he said to them, Hear, I pray you, this dream, which I have dreamt:
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Behold, we were binding sheaves in the fields, and lo, my sheaf rose up, and remained standing; and...
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And his brethren said to him, Wilt thou indeed be a king over us? wilt thou indeed rule over us? And...
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And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamt anoth...
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And he told [it] to his father and to his brethren. And his father rebuked him, and said to him, Wha...
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And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying.
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And his brethren went to feed their father's flock at Shechem.
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And Israel said to Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed [the flock] at Shechem? Come, that I may send th...
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And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see after the welfare of thy brethren, and after the welfare of...
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And a man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the country; and the man asked him, saying, Wha...
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And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed [their flocks].
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And the man said, They have removed from this; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph...
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And when they saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to put...
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And they said one to another, Behold, there comes that dreamer!
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And now come and let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast...
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And Reuben heard [it], and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life.
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And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood: cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness; but lay n...
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And it came to pass when Joseph came to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his vest, the ves...
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and they took him and cast him into the pit; now the pit was empty there was no water in it.
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And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a caravan of I...
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And Judah said to his brethren, What profit is it that we kill our brother and secrete his blood?
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Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites; but let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother...
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And Midianitish men, merchants, passed by; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and so...
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And Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph [was] not in the pit; and he rent his garments,
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and returned to his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, where shall I go?
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And they took Joseph's vest, and slaughtered a buck of the goats, and dipped the vest in the blood;
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and they sent the vest of many colours and had it carried to their father, and said, This have we fo...
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And he discerned it, and said, [It is] my son's vest! an evil beast has devoured him: Joseph is with...
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And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
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And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and s...
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And the Midianites sold him into Egypt, to Potiphar, a chamberlain of Pharaoh, the captain of the li...
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