Genesis 37:18
“And when they saw him a farre off, euen before he came neere vnto them, they conspired against him, to slay him.”
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Genesis 37:18 Context
16And he said, I seeke my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feede their flockes. 17And the man said, They are departed hence: for I heard them say, Let vs goe to Dothan. And Ioseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. 18And when they saw him a farre off, euen before he came neere vnto them, they conspired against him, to slay him. 19And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer commeth. 20Come now therefore, and let vs slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some euill beast hath deuoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreames.
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Other Translations for Genesis 37:18
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
- King James Version
When they saw him from a distance and before he came close to them, they plotted against him to put him to death.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;
- Basic English Bible
And when they saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to put him to death.
- Darby Bible
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near to them, they conspired against him to slay him.
- Webster's Bible
They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.
- World English Bible
And they see him from afar, even before he draweth near unto them, and they conspire against him to put him to death.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Genesis 37:18
37:18 And when they saw him afar off they conspired against him - It was not in a heat, or upon a sudden provocation, that they thought to slay him, but from malice propense, and in cold blood.