Genesis 37:18

American Standard Version (1901)

And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

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  • Ps 37:12 : 12 The wicked plotteth against the just, And gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
  • Ps 37:32 : 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.
  • Mark 14:1 : 1 Now after two days was [the feast of] the passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him with subtlety, and kill him:
  • Acts 23:12 : 12 And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
  • John 11:53 : 53 So from that day forth they took counsel that they might put him to death.
  • 1 Sam 19:1 : 1 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should slay David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David.
  • Ps 31:13 : 13 For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
  • Luke 20:14-15 : 14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned one with another, saying, This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours. 15 And they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
  • Ps 94:21 : 21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.
  • Ps 105:25 : 25 He turned their heart to hate his people, To deal subtly with his servants.
  • Ps 109:4 : 4 For my love they are my adversaries: But I [give myself unto] prayer.
  • Matt 21:38 : 38 But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.
  • Matt 27:1 : 1 Now when morning was come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
  • Mark 12:7 : 7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 37:19-20
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    19And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

    20Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

  • Gen 37:16-17
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    16And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they are feeding [the flock] .

    17And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.

  • Gen 37:2-6
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    2These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and he was a lad with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought the evil report of them unto their father.

    3Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors.

    4And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren; and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

    5And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

    6And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

  • Gen 37:23
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    23And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;

  • Gen 42:7-9
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    7And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly with them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

    8And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

    9And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

  • Gen 37:8
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    8And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

  • Gen 50:15
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    15And 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.

  • Gen 37:11-12
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    11And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying in mind.

    12And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

  • Gen 37:27-28
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    75%

    27Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened unto him.

    28And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.

  • Gen 37:31-33
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    75%

    31And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a he-goat, and dipped the coat in the blood;

    32and they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, This have we found: know now whether it is thy son's coat or not.

    33And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.

  • Gen 45:4
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    4And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

  • Ps 105:17
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    17He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant:

  • Gen 42:14
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    14And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:

  • Gen 44:4
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    4[ And] when they were gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

  • Gen 44:14-15
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    14And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; and he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.

    15And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? know ye not that such a man as I can indeed divine?

  • Gen 42:23
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    23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

  • Acts 7:9
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    9And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him,

  • Gen 46:28
    72%

    28And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to show the way before him unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 42:29
    72%

    29And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen them, saying,