Now they saw him from a distance. Before he was close to them they plotted together against him in order to kill him.
Genesis 50:15 - Tree of Life Version When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father had died, they said, “Maybe Joseph will be hostile towards us and pay us back in full for all the evil we showed 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. |
Now they saw him from a distance. Before he was close to them they plotted together against him in order to kill him.
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.
After burying his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers and all those who went up with him to bury his father.
So they charged Joseph saying, “Before his death, your father gave a command, saying,
There they are, in great dread. For God is with the righteous generation.
Will the evildoers never learn? They consume My people as they would eat bread, and never call upon God.
The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
“As for those who remain, I will bring weakness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that the sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight, and they will flee as one flees from the sword and fall, even when no one is pursuing.
They show that the work of the Torah is written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts switching between accusing or defending them