Genesis 37:20
Come now, therefore, let us kill him and cast him into one of the pits. We will say, 'A wild animal has devoured him.' We will see what will become of his dreams.”
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19His brothers said to one another, “Look, this dreamer is approaching.
21Reuben heard it and rescued him from their hand. He said, “Let us not take his life.”
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:20Now, I know that you will surely be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand.
1 Kings 13:24When the man of God was gone, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left on the road. Then the donkey stood by it, and the lion also stood by the body.
Psalms 64:5They encourage themselves in an evil plan; 1 they consult privately together in order to set traps; 1 they say, “Who will see us?” 1
Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come with us, 1 let us lie in wait for blood, 1 let us hide and attack innocent people for no reason. 1
Proverbs 6:17The eyes of a proud person, a tongue that lies, 1 hands that shed the blood of innocent people, 1
Proverbs 27:4There is the cruelty of rage and the flood of anger, 1 but who is able to stand before jealousy? 1
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 →