When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped off Joseph’s robe, the long-sleeved robe that he had on.
Genesis 37:24 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then they took him and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty, without water. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped off Joseph’s robe, the long-sleeved robe that he had on.
They sat down to eat a meal, and when they looked up, there was a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying aromatic gum, balsam, and resin, going down to Egypt.
Then they said to each other, ‘Obviously, we are being punished for what we did to our brother. We saw his deep distress when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this trouble has come to us.’
So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah the king’s son, which was in the guard’s courtyard, lowering Jeremiah with ropes. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.
The Lord’s anointed, the breath of our life, , was captured in their traps. We had said about him, ‘We will live under his protection among the nations.’
As for you, because of the blood of your covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless cistern.