Genesis 37:18

And when they saw him afar off, be- fore he came nigh them, they thought to kill him.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

In Context

17And the man said to him: They are departed from this place: for I heard them say: Let us go to Dothain. And Joseph went forward after his brethren, and found them in Dothain.

19And said one to another: Behold the dreamer cometh.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:41Esau therefore always hated Jacob for the blessing wherewith his father had blessed him: and he said in his heart: The days will come of the mourning of my father, and I will kill my brother Jacob.

Genesis 50:20You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people.

Psalms 31:13I am forgotten as one dead from the heart. I am become as a vessel that is destroyed.

Psalms 37:12The sinner shall watch the just man : and shall gnash upon him with his teeth.

Psalms 94:21They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn innocent blood.

Psalms 109:4Instead of making me a return of love, they detracted me: but I gave myself to prayer.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 37:13-23

12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. 13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I. 14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying,… Read the whole commentary →

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