They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.
Genesis 49:23 - Y'all Version Bible The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecuted 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.
Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The merchants brought Joseph 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 to one 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.”
“Joseph 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 Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
I have told y’all these things so that in me y’all may have peace. In the world y’all have oppression, but cheer up! I have conquered the world.”
strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith, saying, “We must go through many persecutions to enter the Empire of God.”