Now they saw him from a distance. Before he was close to them they plotted together against him in order to kill him.
Genesis 49:23 - Tree of Life Version The archers were bitter and shot arrows and were hostile towards 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. |
Now they saw him from a distance. Before he was close to them they plotted together against him in order to kill him.
Then they took him and threw him into the pit. (Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.)
When some men, Midianite merchants, passed by, they dragged Joseph up and out of the pit and they sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for 20 pieces of silver, and they brought Joseph to Egypt.
When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak to him in shalom.
Then each man said to his brother, “We’re truly guilty for our brother. We saw the distress of his soul when he begged us for mercy, but we didn’t listen. That’s why this distress has come to us.”
A fruitful son is Joseph, a fruitful son beside a spring— daughters walk along a wall.
Yet his bow was always filled, and his arms quick-moving— by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob. From there a Shepherd, the Stone of Israel,
Hide me from the conspiracy of evildoers, from the tumult of workers of iniquity,
These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have shalom. In the world you will have trouble, but take heart! I have overcome the world!”
They were strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to persevere in faith, and saying, “It is through many persecutions that we must enter the kingdom of God.”