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Genesis 37:18

Envy and jealousyAngerSin

16 “I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”

17 “They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.

19 “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.

20 “Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”

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BSB
Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
KJV
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
WEB
They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.
ASV
And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
DARBY
And when they saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to put him to death.
BLB
And they saw him from a distance, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.
ÅB
De så ham langt borte, og før han kom nær til dem, la de opp råd om å drepe ham.
OTB
Da de så ham på avstand, før han nådde dem, la de planer om å drepe ham.
B1930
De så ham langt borte, og før han kom nær til dem, la de op råd om å drepe ham.

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Cross references

  • Acts 23:12

    When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

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  • Psalms 37:32

    Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,

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  • 1 Samuel 19:1

    Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,

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  • Psalms 37:12

    The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,

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  • Mark 14:1

    Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.

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  • Psalms 31:13

    For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

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  • John 11:53

    So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.

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  • Luke 20:14–15

    But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

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