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 37:18 - New Revised Standard Version They saw him from a distance, and before he came near to them, they conspired to kill him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 And when they saw him far off, even before he came near to them, they conspired to kill him. American Standard Version (1901) And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. Common English Bible They saw Joseph in the distance before he got close to them, and they plotted to kill him. Catholic Public Domain Version And, when they had seen him from afar, before he approached them, they decided to kill him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when they saw him afar off, before he came nigh them, they thought to kill him. |
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.”
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?”
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.
whose hearts he then turned to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.
In return for my love they accuse me, even while I make prayer for them.
For I hear the whispering of many— terror all around!— as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.
The wicked plot against the righteous, and gnash their teeth at them;
They band together against the life of the righteous, and condemn the innocent to death.
But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.’
When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus in order to bring about his death.
But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
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;
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.
Saul spoke with his son Jonathan and with all his servants about killing David. But Saul's son Jonathan took great delight in David.