Verse 25

Genesis 37:25

Geneva Bible

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25 Then they sate them downe to eate bread: and they lift vp their eyes and looked, and behold, there came a companie of Ishmeelites from Gilead, and their camels laden with spicerie, and balme, and myrrhe, and were going to cary it downe into Egypt.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֵּשְׁבוּ֮ לֶֽ/אֱכָל לֶחֶם֒ וַ/יִּשְׂא֤וּ עֵֽינֵי/הֶם֙ וַ/יִּרְא֔וּ וְ/הִנֵּה֙ אֹרְחַ֣ת יִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔ים בָּאָ֖ה מִ/גִּלְעָ֑ד וּ/גְמַלֵּי/הֶ֣ם נֹֽשְׂאִ֗ים נְכֹאת֙ וּ/צְרִ֣י וָ/לֹ֔ט הוֹלְכִ֖ים לְ/הוֹרִ֥יד מִצְרָֽיְמָ/ה

English Translation

And they sat down to eat bread, and they lifted their eyes and saw, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, and their camels were carrying gum, balm, and myrrh, going to take them down to Egypt.

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Chapter 37 Context

1 Iaakob nowe dwelt in the lande, wherein his father was a stranger, in the lande of Canaan. Focus ↗

2 These are the generations of Iaakob, when Ioseph was seuenteene yeere olde: he kept sheepe with his... Focus ↗

3 Nowe Israel loued Ioseph more then all his sonnes, because he begate him in his old age, and he made... Focus ↗

4 So when his brethren sawe that their father loued him more then all his brethren, then they hated hi... Focus ↗

5 And Ioseph dreamed a dreame, and told his brethren, who hated him so much the more. Focus ↗

6 For he saide vnto them, Heare, I pray you, this dreame which I haue dreamed. Focus ↗

7 Beholde nowe, wee were binding sheues in the middes of the field: and loe, my shefe arose and also s... Focus ↗

8 Then his brethren saide to him, What, shalt thou reigne ouer vs, and rule vs? or shalt thou haue alt... Focus ↗

9 Againe hee dreamed an other dreame, and tolde it his brethren, and saide, Behold, I haue had one dre... Focus ↗

10 Then he tolde it vnto his father and to his brethren, and his father rebuked him, and saide vnto him... Focus ↗

11 And his brethren enuied him, but his father noted the saying. Focus ↗

12 Then his brethren went to keepe their fathers sheepe in Shechem. Focus ↗

13 And Israel said vnto Ioseph, Doe not thy brethren keepe in Shechem? come and I will send thee to the... Focus ↗

14 And he answered him, I am here. Then he saide vnto him, Goe now, see whether it bee well with thy br... Focus ↗

15 Then a man found him: for lo, hee was wandring in the fielde, and the man asked him, saying, What se... Focus ↗

16 And he answered, I seeke my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they keepe sheepe. Focus ↗

17 And the man said, they are departed hece: for I heard them say, Let vs goe vnto Dothan. Then went Io... Focus ↗

18 And when they sawe him a farre off, euen before he came at them, they conspired against him for to s... Focus ↗

19 For they sayd one to another, Behold, this dreamer commeth. Focus ↗

20 Come now therefore, and let vs slay him, and cast him into some pitte, and wee will say, A wicked be... Focus ↗

21 But when Reuben heard that, he deliuered him out of their handes, and saide, Let vs not kill him. Focus ↗

22 Also Reuben saide vnto them, Shed not blood, but cast him into this pitte that is in the wildernesse... Focus ↗

23 Now when Ioseph was come vnto his brethren, they stript Ioseph out of his coate, his particoloured c... Focus ↗

24 And they tooke him, and cast him into a pit, and the pit was emptie, without water in it. Focus ↗

25 Then they sate them downe to eate bread: and they lift vp their eyes and looked, and behold, there c...

26 Then Iudah said vnto his brethren, What auaileth it, if we slay our brother, though wee keepe his bl... Focus ↗

27 Come and let vs sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our handes be vpon him: for he is our broth... Focus ↗

28 Then the Midianites marchant men passed by, and they drewe foorth, and lift Ioseph out of the pit, a... Focus ↗

29 Afterwarde Reuben returned to the pit, and beholde, Ioseph was not in the pit: then he rent his clot... Focus ↗

30 And returned to his brethren, and said, The childe is not yonder, and I, whither shall I goe? Focus ↗

31 And they tooke Iosephs coate, and killed a kidde of the goates, and dipped the coate in the blood. Focus ↗

32 So they sent that particoloured coat, and they brought it vnto their father, and saide, This haue we... Focus ↗

33 Then he knewe it and said, It is my sonnes coate: a wicked beast hath deuoured him: Ioseph is surely... Focus ↗

34 And Iaakob rent his clothes, and put sackecloth about his loynes, and sorowed for his sonne a long s... Focus ↗

35 Then all his sonnes and all his daughters rose vp to comfort him, but he woulde not be comforted, bu... Focus ↗

36 And the Midianites solde him into Egypt vnto Potiphar an Eunuche of Pharaohs, and his chiefe steward... Focus ↗

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Book: Genesis
Chapter: Chapter 37 (36 verses)
Version: Geneva Bible

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