Verse 20
Genesis 37:20
New King James Version
20
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become 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
1
And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
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These
are the generations of Jacob. Joseph,
being
seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with h...
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Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he
was the son of his old age: and he ma...
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And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, an...
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And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told
it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
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And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
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For, behold, we
were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright;...
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And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion ov...
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And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream...
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And he told
it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, Wh...
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And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
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12
And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
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And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed
the flock
in Shechem? come, and I will send t...
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14
And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flo...
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15
And a certain man found him, and, behold,
he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, sayi...
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And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed
their flocks.
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And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph wen...
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And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to sl...
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And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
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Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beas...
21
And Reuben heard
it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
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And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood,
but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and...
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And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat...
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And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and 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 company of...
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26
And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit
is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
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Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he
is our brothe...
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Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and...
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And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph
was
not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
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30
And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child
is
not; and I, whither shall I go?
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And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
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And they sent the coat of
many colours, and they brought
it to their father; and said, This have we...
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And he knew it, and said,
It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without do...
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And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon 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 h...
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And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s,
and captain of the gu...
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