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Genesis 37:20

Now then come, let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits; and we will say, An evil wild beast has devoured him; and we shall see what his dreams will be.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Come 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.

In Context

19And each said to his brother, Behold, that dreamer comes.

21And Ruben having heard it, rescued him out of their hands, and said, Let us not + 37:21 Gr. strike him to the life. kill him.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 24:20And if any one should find his enemy in distress, and should send him forth in a good way, then the Lord will reward him good, as you have done this day.

1 Kings 13:24And a lion found him in the way, and killed him; and his body was cast out in the way, and the ass was standing by it, and the lion also was standing by the body.

Psalms 64:5You are wonderful in righteousness. Listen to us, O God our Saviour; the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are on the sea afar off: 1

Proverbs 1:11If they should exhort you, saying, Come with us, partake in blood, and let us unjustly hide the just man in the earth:

Proverbs 6:17The eye of the haughty, a tongue unjust, hands shedding the blood of the just;

Proverbs 27:4Wrath is merciless, and anger sharp: but envy can bear nothing.

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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