Genesis 37:19-25

King James Version

¹⁹And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

²⁰Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

²¹And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

²²And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

²³And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;

²⁴And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

²⁵And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

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Genesis 37:19-25

New International Version

¹⁹“Here comes that dreamer!^(A)” they said to each other. ²⁰“Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns^(B) and say that a ferocious animal^(C) devoured him.^(D) Then we’ll see what comes of his dreams.”^(E)

²¹When Reuben^(F) heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. “Let’s not take his life,” he said.^(G) ²²“Don’t shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern^(H) here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father.^(I)

²³So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe^(J) he was wearing— ²⁴and they took him and threw him into the cistern.^(K) The cistern was empty; there was no water in it.

²⁵As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites^(L) coming from Gilead.^(M) Their camels were loaded with spices, balm^(N) and myrrh,^(O) and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt.^(P)

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Genesis 37:19-25

New King James Version

¹⁹Then they said to one another, “Look, this ^[a]dreamer is coming! ²⁰^(A)Come therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall see what will become of his dreams!”

²¹But ^(B)Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands, and said, “Let us not kill him.” ²²And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness, and do not lay a hand on him”—that he might deliver him out of their hands, and bring him back to his father.

²³So it came to pass, when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they ^(C)stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him. ²⁴Then they took him and cast him into a pit. And the pit was empty; there was no water in it.

²⁵^(D)And they sat down to eat a meal. Then they lifted their eyes and looked, and there was a company of ^(E)Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead with their camels, bearing spices, ^(F)balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry them down to Egypt.

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