Verse 18
Genesis 37:18
Literal Standard Version
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And they see him from afar, even before he draws near to them, and they conspire against him to put him to death.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּרְא֥וּ אֹת֖/וֹ מֵ/רָחֹ֑ק וּ/בְ/טֶ֨רֶם֙ יִקְרַ֣ב אֲלֵי/הֶ֔ם וַ/יִּֽתְנַכְּל֥וּ אֹת֖/וֹ לַ/הֲמִיתֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And they saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.
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Chapter 37 Context
1
And Jacob dwells in the land of his father’s sojournings—in the land of Canaan.
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These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a son of seventeen years, has been enjoying himself with...
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And Israel has loved Joseph more than any of his sons, for he is a son of his old age, and has made...
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and his brothers see that their father has loved him more than any of his brothers, and they hate hi...
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And Joseph dreams a dream, and declares to his brothers, and they add still more to hate him.
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And he says to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:
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that, behold, we are binding bundles in the midst of the field, and behold, my bundle has arisen, an...
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And his brothers say to him, “Do you certainly reign over us? Do you certainly rule over us?” And th...
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And he dreams yet another dream, and recounts it to his brothers, and says, “Behold, I have dreamed...
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And he recounts to his father, and to his brothers; and his father pushes against him, and says to h...
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And his brothers are zealous against him, and his father has watched the matter.
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And his brothers go to feed the flock of their father in Shechem,
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and Israel says to Joseph, “Are your brothers not feeding in Shechem? Come, and I send you to them”;...
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and he says to him, “Now go see the peace of your brothers, and the peace of the flock, and bring me...
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And a man finds him, and behold, he is wandering in the field, and the man asks him, saying, “What d...
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And he says, “I am seeking my brothers, please declare to me where they are feeding.”
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And the man says, “They have journeyed from this, for I have heard some saying, Let us go to Dothan,...
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And they see him from afar, even before he draws near to them, and they conspire against him to put...
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And they say to one another, “Behold, this man of the dreams comes;
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and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast has...
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And Reuben hears, and delivers him out of their hand, and says, “Let us not strike the life”;
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and Reuben says to them, “Shed no blood; cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness, and do n...
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And it comes to pass, when Joseph has come to his brothers, that they strip Joseph of his coat, the...
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and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit is empty, there is no water in it.
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And they sit down to eat bread, and they lift up their eyes, and look, and behold, a caravan of Ishm...
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And Judah says to his brothers, “What gain when we slay our brother, and have concealed his blood?
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Come, and we sell him to the Ishmaelites, and our hands are not on him, for he is our brother—our fl...
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And Midianite merchantmen pass by and they draw out and bring up Joseph out of the pit, and sell Jos...
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And Reuben returns to the pit, and behold, Joseph is not in the pit, and he tears his garments,
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and he returns to his brothers and says, “The boy is not, and I—to where am I going?”
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And they take the coat of Joseph, and slaughter a kid of the goats, and dip the coat in the blood,
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and send the long coat, and they bring it to their father, and say, “We have found this; please disc...
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And he discerns it and says, “My son’s coat! An evil beast has devoured him; torn—Joseph is torn!”
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And Jacob tears his raiment, and puts sackcloth on his loins, and becomes a mourner for his son many...
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and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuses to comfort himself, and s...
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And the Midianites have sold him to Egypt, to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioner...
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