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?
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.
Compare
- 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.
- 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.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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.
Read in contextZechariah 9:11
As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.
Read in contextPsalms 130:1–2
Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!
Read in contextPsalms 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.
Read in contextPsalms 88:8
You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
Read in contextLamentations 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.”
Read in contextLamentations 3:52–55
Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.
Read in contextPsalms 88:6
You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
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