Genesis 37:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.

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  • Jer 38:6 : 6 So they took Jeremiah and put him into the water-hole of Malchiah, the king's son, in the place of the armed watchmen: and they let Jeremiah down with cords. And in the hole there was no water, but wet earth: and Jeremiah went down into the wet earth.
  • Lam 3:52-55 : 52 They who are against me without cause have gone hard after me as if I was a bird; 53 They have put an end to my life in the prison, stoning me with stones. 54 Waters were flowing over my head; I said, I am cut off. 55 I was making prayer to your name, O Lord, out of the lowest prison.
  • Lam 4:20 : 20 Our breath of life, he on whom the holy oil was put, was taken in their holes; of whom we said, Under his shade we will be living among the nations.
  • Zech 9:11 : 11 And as for you, because of the blood of your agreement, I have sent out your prisoners from the deep hole in which there is no water.
  • Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause they have put a net ready for me secretly, in which to take my soul.
  • Ps 40:2 : 2 He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.
  • Ps 88:6 : 6 You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark places.
  • Ps 88:8 : 8 You have sent my friends far away from me; you have made me a disgusting thing in their eyes: I am shut up, and not able to come out.
  • Ps 130:1-2 : 1 <A Song of the going up.> Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord. 2 Lord, let my voice come before you: let your ears be awake to the voice of my prayer.

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  • Gen 37:27-33
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    27Let 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.

    28And 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.

    29Now when Reuben came back to the hole, Joseph was not there; and giving signs of grief,

    30He went back to his brothers, and said, The child is gone; what am I to do?

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

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

    33And 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 37:22-23
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    22Do 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.

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

  • Gen 37:17-20
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    17And 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.

    18But 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;

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

    20Let 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 37:25
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    25Then 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.

  • Gen 40:15
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    15For truly I was taken by force from the land of the Hebrews; and I have done nothing for which I might be put in prison.

  • Gen 44:1-2
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    1Then he gave orders to the servant who was over his house, saying, Put as much food into the men's bags as will go into them, and put every man's money in the mouth of his bag;

    2And put my cup, my silver cup, in the youngest one's bag, with his money. So he did as Joseph said.

  • Jer 38:6
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    6So they took Jeremiah and put him into the water-hole of Malchiah, the king's son, in the place of the armed watchmen: and they let Jeremiah down with cords. And in the hole there was no water, but wet earth: and Jeremiah went down into the wet earth.

  • Jer 41:7
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    7And when they came inside the town, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and the men who were with him, put them to death and put their bodies into a deep hole.

  • Gen 37:36
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    36And in Egypt the men of Midian gave him for a price to Potiphar, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house.

  • Gen 39:1
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    1Now Joseph was taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar the Egyptian, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house, got him for a price from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.

  • Gen 39:20
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    20And Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, in the place where the king's prisoners were kept in chains, and he was there in the prison-house.

  • Ps 105:17
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    17He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was given as a servant for a price:

  • Gen 42:23
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    23They 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.

  • Gen 42:35-36
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    35And when they took the grain out of their bags, it was seen that every man's parcel of money was in his bag; and when they and their father saw the money, they were full of fear.

    36And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.

  • Ezek 19:4
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    4And the nations had news of him; he was taken in the hole they had made: and, pulling him with hooks, they took him into the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 37:4-5
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    4And 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.

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

  • Gen 29:3
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    3And all the flocks would come together there, and when the stone had been rolled away, they would give the sheep water, and put the stone back again in its place on the mouth of the water-hole.

  • Gen 42:17
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    17So he put them in prison for three days.

  • Gen 44:11
    69%

    11Then every man quickly got his bag down and undid it.

  • Jer 14:3
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    3Their great men have sent their servants for water: they come to the holes and there is no water to be seen; they come back with nothing in their vessels; they are overcome with shame and fear, covering their heads.

  • Gen 37:12
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    12Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.