So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the ornamented robe that he wore,
Genesis 37:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 and they took him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then they took him and cast him into the [well-like] pit which was empty; there was no water in it. American Standard Version (1901) and they took him, and cast him into the pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it. Common English Bible took him, and threw him into the cistern, an empty cistern with no water in it. Catholic Public Domain Version and they cast him into an old cistern, which held no water. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And cast him into an old pit, where there was no water. |
So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the ornamented robe that he wore,
Then they sat down to eat, and looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels carrying gum, balm, and resin, on their way to carry it down to Egypt.
They said to one another, “Alas, we are paying the penalty for what we did to our brother; we saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this anguish has come upon us.”
For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.
He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a thing of horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;
So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down by ropes. Now there was no water in the cistern but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.
The Lord’s anointed, the breath of our life, was taken in their pits— the one of whom we said, “Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.”
As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.