They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.
Genesis 49:23 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) The archers have sorely grieved him, shot at him, and persecute him: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.
Midyanim who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Yosef out of the pit, and sold Yosef to the Yishme`elim for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Yosef into Egypt.
His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn't speak peaceably to him.
They said one to another, *We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn't listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.*
*Yosef is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.
But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Ya`akov, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Yisra'el),
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
I have told you these things, that in me you may have shalom. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.*
confirming the souls of the talmidim, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the Kingdom of God.