And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
Genesis 49:23 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and hated him: 更多版本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. English Standard Version 2016 The archers bitterly attacked him, shot at him, and harassed him severely, |
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
and they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Joseph is a fruitful bough, Even a fruitful bough by a well; Whose branches run over the wall:
But his bow abode in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong By the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
Who whet their tongue like a sword, And bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.