Genesis 37:24
22 “Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.
23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—
and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
25 And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.
26 Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
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- ÅB
- Og de tok og kastet ham ned i brønnen; men brønnen var tom, det var intet vann i den.
- OTB
- De tok ham og kastet ham i brønnen. Brønnen var tom, uten vann.
- B1930
- Og de tok og kastet ham ned i brønnen; men brønnen var tom, det var intet vann i den.
- BSB
- and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
- KJV
- And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
- WEB
- and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.
- ASV
- and they took him, and cast him into the pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
- DARBY
- and they took him and cast him into the pit; now the pit was empty there was no water in it.
- BLB
- and they took him and cast him into the pit. And the pit [was] empty, [there was] no water in it.
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Jeremiah 38:6
So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
Les i sammenhengZechariah 9:11
As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.
Les i sammenhengPsalms 130:1–2
Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!
Les i sammenhengPsalms 40:2
He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
Les i sammenhengPsalms 88:8
You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
Les i sammenhengLamentations 4:20
The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”
Les i sammenhengLamentations 3:52–55
Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.
Les i sammenhengPsalms 88:6
You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
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