Genesis 37:33

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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  • Gen 37:20 : 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 44:28 : 28 The one went away from me, and I said, Truly he has come to a violent death; and from that time I have not seen him,
  • 1 Kgs 13:24 : 24 And he went on his way; but on the road a lion came rushing at him and put him to death; and his dead body was stretched in the road with the ass by its side, and the lion was there by the body.
  • 2 Kgs 2:24 : 24 And turning back, he saw them, and put a curse on them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the wood and put forty-two of the children to death.
  • Prov 14:15 : 15 The simple man has faith in every word, but the man of good sense gives thought to his footsteps.
  • John 13:7 : 7 And Jesus, answering, said to him, What I do is not clear to you now, but it will be clear to you in time to come.

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  • Gen 37:29-32
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    29 Now when Reuben came back to the hole, Joseph was not there; and giving signs of grief,

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

    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?

  • 34 Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.

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

  • Gen 37:2-4
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    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.

  • 28 The one went away from me, and I said, Truly he has come to a violent death; and from that time I have not seen him,

  • 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.

  • 36 And 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.

  • 18 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;

  • 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?

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

  • 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.

  • 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.