They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.
Genesis 50:15 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) When Yosef's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, *It may be that Yosef will hate us, and will fully pay us back for all of the evil which we did to him.* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Perhaps now Joseph will hate us and will pay us back for all the evil we did to him. American Standard Version (1901) And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did unto him. Common English Bible When Joseph’s brothers realized that their father was now dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge against us, and wants to pay us back seriously for all of the terrible things we did to him?” Catholic Public Domain Version Now that he was dead, his brothers were afraid, and they said to one another: "Perhaps now he may remember the injury that he suffered and requite us for all the evil that we did to him." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now he being dead, his brethren were afraid, and talked one with another: Lest perhaps he should remember the wrong he suffered, and requite us all the evil that we did to him. |
They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.
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.
Yosef returned into Egypt--he, and his brothers, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
They sent a message to Yosef, saying, *Your father commanded before he died, saying,
There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.
There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.
The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
*'As for those of you who are left, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight; and they shall flee, as one flees from the sword; and they will fall when no one pursues.
in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying with them, and their thoughts among themselves accusing or else excusing them)