Genesis 37:26

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And Iuda sayde vnto his brethren: What auayleth it yf we slay our brother, and kepe his blood secrete?

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  • Gen 37:20 : 20 Come nowe therefore and let vs slaye hym, and cast hym into some pit, and we wyll say, some naughtie beast hath deuoured hym: and we shall see what wyll come of his dreames.
  • Gen 4:10 : 10 And he sayde: What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me out of the grounde.
  • Gen 25:32 : 32 Esau sayde: lo, I am at the poynt to dye, and what profite shall this byrthryght do me?
  • Deut 17:8 : 8 If there rise a matter to harde for thee in iudgement betweene blood and blood, betweene plea and plea, betweene plague and plague, and the matters come to strife within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee vp vnto the place whiche the Lorde thy God hath chosen,
  • 2 Sam 1:16 : 16 Then said Dauid vnto him, Thy blood be vpon thyne owne head: For thyne owne mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I haue slayne the lordes annoynted.
  • Job 16:18 : 18 O earth couer not thou my blood, and let my crying finde no roome.
  • Ps 30:9 : 9 Saying what profite is there in my blood when I go downe to the pit? shal the dust geue thankes vnto thee? or shall it declare thy trueth?
  • Jer 41:8 : 8 Among these fourescore men there were ten that sayde vnto Ismael: Oh slay vs not, for we haue yet a great treasure in the fielde, of wheate, barly, oyle, and hony: So he spared them, and slue them not with their brethren.
  • Ezek 24:7 : 7 For her blood is yet in it, vpon a hygh drye stone hath she powred it: and not vpon the grounde, that it myght be couered with dust.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what doth it profite a man, yf he wynne all the whole worlde, and lose his owne soule? Or what shall a man geue for a raunsome of his soule?
  • Rom 6:21 : 21 What fruite had ye then in those thynges, wherof ye are nowe ashamed? For the ende of those thynges, is death.

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  • 27 Come on, and let vs sell hym to the Ismaelites, and let not our hande be vpon him: for he is our brother and our fleshe. And his brethren were content.

  • Gen 42:21-22
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    21 And one sayde to another: we haue veryly sinned agaynst our brother, in that we sawe the anguishe of his soule, when he besought vs, and we woulde not heare him: and therfore is this trouble come vpon vs.

    22 And Ruben aunswered them, saying: sayd I not vnto you, that you shoulde not sinne against the lad, and ye would not heare? and see, nowe his blood is required.

  • Gen 37:20-22
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    20 Come nowe therefore and let vs slaye hym, and cast hym into some pit, and we wyll say, some naughtie beast hath deuoured hym: and we shall see what wyll come of his dreames.

    21 When Ruben hearde that, he ryd hym out of their handes, and sayde: let vs not kyll hym.

    22 And Ruben sayde moreouer vnto the: shed no blood but cast hym into this pit that is in the wyldernesse, and laye no hande vppon hym: this he sayde namely that he myght ryd hym out of their handes, and delyuer hym to his father agayne.

  • Gen 43:6-8
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    6 And Israel sayd: wherefore dealt ye so cruelly with me, as to tell the man that ye had yet a brother?

    7 They aunswered, The man asked vs straytely of our state and of our kinrede, saying: Is your father yet aliue? haue ye not another brother? And we tolde hym accordyng to the tenour of these wordes: Could we by any meane knowe, that he would say, bryng your brother downe with you?

    8 The said Iuda vnto Israel his father: send the lad with me, that we may arise and go, and that we may liue, & not dye, yea both we & thou, & also our meany.

  • Gen 43:3-4
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    3 Iuda aunswered him, and sayd, The man did solemply protest vnto vs saying: ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.

    4 If thou wylt sende our brother with vs, we wyll go downe, and bye thee foode.

  • 16 Then saide Iuda: what shall we say vnto my lorde? What shall we speake? or howe shall we cleare our selues? God hath founde out the wickednes of thy seruauntes: beholde, we are my lordes seruauntes, both we, yea, and he also with whom the cup is founde.

  • 25 And they sate them downe to eate bread: and as they lyft vp their eyes and loked about, and behold there came a company of Ismaelites from Gilead, and their camelles laden with spicerie, bawlme, and mirrhe, and were goyng downe ta cary it to Egypt.

  • 7 And they aunswered him: wherfore sayeth my Lorde suche wordes? God forbid that thy seruauntes should do so.

  • 31 And they toke Iosephes coate, and kylled a kyd, and dipped the coate in the blood.