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Genesis
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English: Basic English Bible |
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Genesis 37 [Context] [Commentary] [Map] 
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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; |
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Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer. |
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Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams. |
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But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life. |
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Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again. |
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So when Joseph came to his brothers, they took off his long coat which he had on; |
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And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it. |
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Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels. |
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And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up his blood? |
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Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers gave ear to him. |
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And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt. |
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Now when Reuben came back to the hole, Joseph was not there; and giving signs of grief, |
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He went back to his brothers, and said, The child is gone; what am I to do? |
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Then they took Joseph's coat, and put on it some of the blood from a young goat which they had put to death, |
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And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not? |
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And he saw that it was, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has put him to death; without doubt Joseph has come to a cruel end. |
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Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day. |
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And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him. |
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And in Egypt the men of Midian gave him for a price to Potiphar, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house. |
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