Genesis 37:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Now Joseph’s brothers saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

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  • Ps 37:12 : 12 Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them.
  • Ps 37:32 : 32 Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.
  • Mark 14:1 : 1 The Plot Against Jesus Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
  • Acts 23:12 : 12 The Plot to Kill Paul When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.
  • John 11:53 : 53 So from that day they planned together to kill him.
  • 1 Sam 19:1 : 1 Saul Repeatedly Attempts to Take David’s Life Then Saul told his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Saul’s son Jonathan liked David very much.
  • Ps 31:13 : 13 For I hear what so many are saying, the terrifying news that comes from every direction. When they plot together against me, they figure out how they can take my life.
  • Luke 20:14-15 : 14 But when the tenants saw him, they said to one another,‘This is the heir; let’s kill him so the inheritance will be ours!’ 15 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
  • Ps 94:21 : 21 They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent.
  • Ps 105:25 : 25 He caused them to hate his people, and to mistreat his servants.
  • Ps 109:4 : 4 They repay my love with accusations, but I continue to pray.
  • Matt 21:38 : 38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves,‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’
  • Matt 27:1 : 1 Jesus Brought Before Pilate When it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him.
  • Mark 12:7 : 7 But those tenants said to one another,‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and the inheritance will be ours!’

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  • Gen 37:19-20
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    19They said to one another,“Here comes this master of dreams!

    20Come now, let’s kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild animal ate him. Then we’ll see how his dreams turn out!”

  • Gen 37:16-17
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    16He replied,“I’m looking for my brothers. Please tell me where they are grazing their flocks.”

    17The man said,“They left this area, for I heard them say,‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

  • Gen 37:2-6
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    2This is the account of Jacob.Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, was taking care of the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.

    3Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was a son born to him late in life, and he made a special tunic for him.

    4When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated Joseph and were not able to speak to him kindly.

    5Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.

    6He said to them,“Listen to this dream I had:

  • Gen 37:23
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    23When Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his tunic, the special tunic that he wore.

  • Gen 42:7-9
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    7When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked,“Where do you come from?” They answered,“From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.”

    8Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.

    9Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them,“You are spies; you have come to see if our land is vulnerable!”

  • Gen 37:8
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    8Then his brothers asked him,“Do you really think you will rule over us or have dominion over us?” They hated him even more because of his dream and because of what he said.

  • Gen 50:15
    76%

    15When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said,“What if Joseph bears a grudge and wants to repay us in full for all the harm we did to him?”

  • Gen 37:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what Joseph said.

    12When his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,

  • Gen 37:27-28
    2 verses
    75%

    27Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let’s not lay a hand on him, for after all, he is our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers agreed.

    28So when the Midianite merchants passed by, Joseph’s brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites then took Joseph to Egypt.

  • Gen 37:31-33
    3 verses
    75%

    31So they took Joseph’s tunic, killed a young goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood.

    32Then they brought the special tunic to their father and said,“We found this. Determine now whether it is your son’s tunic or not.”

    33He recognized it and exclaimed,“It is my son’s tunic! A wild animal has eaten him! Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

  • Gen 45:4
    75%

    4Joseph said to his brothers,“Come closer to me,” so they came near. Then he said,“I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

  • Ps 105:17
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    17He sent a man ahead of them– Joseph was sold as a servant.

  • Gen 42:14
    74%

    14But Joseph told them,“It is just as I said to you: You are spies!

  • Gen 44:4
    74%

    4They had not gone very far from the city when Joseph said to the servant who was over his household,“Pursue the men at once! When you overtake them, say to them,‘Why have you repaid good with evil?

  • Gen 44:14-15
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    14So Judah and his brothers came back to Joseph’s house. He was still there, and they threw themselves to the ground before him.

    15Joseph said to them,“What did you think you were doing? Don’t you know that a man like me can find out things like this by divination?”

  • Gen 42:23
    72%

    23(Now they did not know that Joseph could understand them, for he was speaking through an interpreter.)

  • Acts 7:9
    72%

    9The patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,

  • Gen 46:28
    72%

    28Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. So they came to the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 42:29
    72%

    29They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,