Genesis 37:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ They saw him from a distance, and before he came near to them they conspired to kill him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And when they saw him far off, even before he came near to them, they conspired to kill him.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ They saw Joseph in the distance before he got close to them, and they plotted to kill him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And, when they had seen him from afar, before he approached them, they decided to kill him.

Genesis 37:18 Cross References

Acts 23:12

In the morning the Jews joined in a conspiracy and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

Mark 14:1

It was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him,

Psalm 37:32

The wicked watch for the righteous and seek to kill them.

Psalm 37:12

The wicked plot against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,

1 Samuel 19:1

Saul spoke with his son Jonathan and with all his servants about killing David. But Saul’s son Jonathan took great delight in David.

John 11:53

So from that day on they planned to put him to death.

Psalm 31:13

For I hear the whispering of many— terror all around!— as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.

Mark 12:7

But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

Matthew 27:1

When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus in order to bring about his death.

Matthew 21:38

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.’

Psalm 109:4

In return for my love they accuse me, even while I make prayer for them.

Psalm 105:25

whose hearts he then turned to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.

Psalm 94:21

They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

Genesis 37:19

They said to one another, “Here comes this dreamer.

Genesis 27:41

Now Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

Genesis 50:15

Realizing that their father was dead, Joseph’s brothers said, “What if Joseph still bears a grudge against us and pays us back in full for all the wrong that we did to him?”

Genesis 50:20

Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good, in order to preserve a numerous people, as he is doing today.

Psalm 31:14

But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, “You are my God.”