Genesis 37:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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  • Ps 37:12 : 12 The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.
  • Ps 37:32 : 32 The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.
  • Mark 14:1 : 1 It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes made designs how they might take him by deceit and put him to death:
  • Acts 23:12 : 12 And when it was day, the Jews came together and put themselves under an oath that they would take no food or drink till they had put Paul to death.
  • John 11:53 : 53 And from that day they took thought together how to put him to death.
  • 1 Sam 19:1 : 1 And Saul gave orders to his son Jonathan and to all his servants to put David to death. But Saul's son Jonathan had great delight in David.
  • Ps 31:13 : 13 False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.
  • Luke 20:14-15 : 14 But when the workmen saw him, they said to one another, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property: let us put him to death and the heritage will be ours. 15 And driving him out of the garden they put him to death. Now what will the lord do to these workmen?
  • Ps 94:21 : 21 They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.
  • Ps 105:25 : 25 Their hearts were turned to hate against his people, so that they made secret designs against them.
  • Ps 109:4 : 4 For my love they give me back hate; but I have given myself to prayer.
  • Matt 21:38 : 38 But when the workmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death and take his heritage.
  • Matt 27:1 : 1 Now when it was morning, all the chief priests and those in authority took thought together with the purpose of putting Jesus to death.
  • Mark 12:7 : 7 But those workmen said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death, and the heritage will be ours.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 37:19-20
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    84%

    19 Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer.

    20 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.

  • Gen 37:16-17
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    82%

    16 And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.

    17 And the man said, They have gone away from here, for they said in my hearing, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after them and came up with them at Dothan.

  • Gen 37:2-6
    5 verses
    80%

    2 These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.

    3 Now the love which Israel had for Joseph was greater than his love for all his other children, because he got him when he was an old man: and he had a long coat made for him.

    4 And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.

    5 Now Joseph had a dream, and he gave his brothers an account of it, which made their hate greater than ever.

    6 And he said to them, Let me give you the story of my dream.

  • Gen 37:23
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    23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they took off his long coat which he had on;

  • Gen 42:7-9
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    77%

    7 And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.

    8 Now though Joseph saw that these were his brothers, they had no idea who he was.

    9 Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come secretly to see how poor the land is.

  • Gen 37:8
    77%

    8 And his brothers said to him, Are you to be our king? will you have authority over us? And because of his dream and his words, their hate for him became greater than ever.

  • Gen 50:15
    76%

    15 Now after the death of their father, Joseph's brothers said to themselves, It may be that Joseph's heart will be turned against us, and he will give us punishment for all the evil which we did to him.

  • Gen 37:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11 And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.

    12 Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.

  • Gen 37:27-28
    2 verses
    75%

    27 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.

    28 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.

  • Gen 37:31-33
    3 verses
    75%

    31 Then they took Joseph's coat, and put on it some of the blood from a young goat which they had put to death,

    32 And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not?

    33 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.

  • Gen 45:4
    75%

    4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me. And they came near, And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sent into Egypt.

  • Ps 105:17
    75%

    17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was given as a servant for a price:

  • Gen 42:14
    74%

    14 And Joseph said, It is as I said; you have come with some secret purpose;

  • Gen 44:4
    74%

    4 And when they had gone only a little way out of the town, Joseph said to the servant who was over his house, Go after them; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you done evil in reward for good?

  • Gen 44:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14 So Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house; and he was still there: and they went down on their faces before him.

    15 And Joseph said, What is this thing which you have done? had you no thought that such a man as I would have power to see what is secret?

  • Gen 42:23
    72%

    23 They were not conscious that the sense of their words was clear to Joseph, for he had been talking to them through one who had knowledge of their language.

  • Acts 7:9
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    9 And the brothers, moved with envy against Joseph, gave him to the Egyptians for money: but God was with him,

  • Gen 46:28
    72%

    28 Now he had sent Judah before him to Goshen, to get word from Joseph; and so they came to the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 42:29
    72%

    29 So when they came to Jacob their father, in the land of Canaan, they gave him an account of all their experiences, saying,