Genesis 37:26
Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
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And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
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Genesis 4:9Then Yahweh said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?”
Genesis 25:32Esau said, “Look, I am about to die. What good is the birthright to me?”
Deuteronomy 17:8If a matter arises that is too hard for you to judge—perhaps a question of murder or accidental death, of one person's right and another person's right, or a question of one kind of harm done, or another kind of matter, matters of controversy within your city gates—then you must go up to the place that Yahweh your God will choose as his sanctuary.
Job 16:18Earth, do not cover up my blood; 1 let my cry have no resting place. 1
Jeremiah 41:8But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for there are provisions of ours in a field: Wheat and barley, oil and honey.” So he did not kill them with their other companions.
Matthew 16:26For what does it profit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? What can a person give in exchange for his life?
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 →