Genesis 37:26

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit [is it] if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

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  • Gen 37:20 : 20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
  • Gen 4:10 : 10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
  • Gen 25:32 : 32 And Esau said, Behold, I [am] at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
  • Deut 17:8 : 8 ¶ If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, [being] matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;
  • 2 Sam 1:16 : 16 And David said unto him, Thy blood [be] upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD'S anointed.
  • Job 16:18 : 18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
  • Ps 30:9 : 9 What profit [is there] in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
  • Jer 41:8 : 8 But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.
  • Ezek 24:7 : 7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 ‹For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?›
  • Rom 6:21 : 21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things [is] death.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 37:27
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    27Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he [is] our brother [and] our flesh. And his brethren were content.

  • Gen 42:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    21¶ And they said one to another, We [are] verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

    22And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.

  • Gen 37:20-22
    3 verses
    74%

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

    21And Reuben heard [it], and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

    22And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, [but] cast him into this pit that [is] in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

  • Gen 43:6-8
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    74%

    6And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye [so] ill with me, [as] to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?

    7And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, [Is] your father yet alive? have ye [another] brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

    8And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, [and] also our little ones.

  • Gen 43:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother [be] with you.

    4If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:

  • Gen 44:16
    72%

    16And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we [are] my lord's servants, both we, and [he] also with whom the cup is found.

  • Gen 37:25
    71%

    25And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry [it] down to Egypt.

  • Gen 44:7
    70%

    7And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:

  • Gen 37:31
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    31¶ And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;