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Genesis 37:19

Envy and jealousy

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.

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

“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!”

21 When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.
KJV
And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
WEB
They said to one another, “Behold, this dreamer comes.
ASV
And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
DARBY
And they said one to another, Behold, there comes that dreamer!
BLB
And they said each man to his brother, “Behold, this master of dreams is coming!
ÅB
De sa seg imellom: Se, der kommer denne drømmeren!
OTB
De sa til hverandre: "Her kommer denne drømmeren!
B1930
De sa sig imellem: Se, der kommer denne drømmeren!

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