Genesis 37:26
And Judas said to his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 4:9And the Lord God said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? and he said, I know not, am I my brother's keeper?
Genesis 25:32And Esau said, Behold, I am going to die, and for what good does this birthright belong to me?
Deuteronomy 17:8And if a matter shall be too hard for thee in judgment, + 17:8 Gr. blood between blood, etc.between blood and blood, and between cause and cause, and between stroke and stroke, and between contradiction and contradiction, matters of judgment in your cities;
Job 16:18Earth, cover not over the blood of my flesh, and let my cry have no place.
Jeremiah 41:8The word that came from the Lord to Jeremias, after king Sedekias had concluded a covenant with the people, to proclaim a release;
Matthew Henry on Genesis 37:24-31
23 And 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; 24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it. 25 And 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. 26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if… Read the whole commentary →