They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him.
Genesis 49:23 - Revised Standard Version The archers fiercely attacked him, shot at him, and harassed him sorely; Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and hated him: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Skilled archers have bitterly attacked and sorely worried him; they have shot at him and persecuted him. American Standard Version (1901) The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and persecuted him: Common English Bible They attacked him fiercely and fired arrows; the archers attacked him furiously. Catholic Public Domain Version But those who held darts, provoked him, and they contend with him, and they envied him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But they that held darts provoked him, and quarrelled with him, and envied him. |
They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him.
and they took him and cast him into a pit. The pit was empty, there was no water in it.
Then Midianite traders passed by; and they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver; and they took Joseph to Egypt.
But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
Then they said to one another, “In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us and we would not listen; therefore is this distress come upon us.”
Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; his branches run over the wall.
yet his bow remained unmoved, his arms were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel),
who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,
I have said this to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”
strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.