Genesis 37:18

Joseph's brothers saw him coming and they started to make plans to kill him.

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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

17The man said, “They were here, but I heard them say that they were going to a place called Dothan.” So Joseph left Shekem and went and found his brothers and the sheep in Dothan.

19They said, “Here comes the boy that has lots of dreams.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:41Esau hated Jacob for tricking their father, and he made up his mind to kill Jacob after his father died. Esau said to himself, “Jacob has stolen my blessing, he has stolen the special words that my father should have said to me!”

Genesis 50:20You wanted to hurt me, but God used what you did so that good things could happen, and a lot of people stayed alive.

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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