Genesis 37:24
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And cast him into an old pit where there was not water.

and cast.

Psalm 35:7 For without cause they have hidden their net for me unto destruction: without cause they have upbraided my soul.

Lamentations 4:20 Res. The breath of our mouth, Christ the Lord, is taken in our sins: to whom we said: Under thy shadow we shall live among the Gentiles.

the pit.

Psalm 40:2 And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs. And he set my feet upon a rock, and directed my steps.

Psalm 88:6,8 They have laid me in the lower pit: in the dark places, and in the shadow of death. . . .

Psalm 130:1,2 A gradual canticle. Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord: . . .

Jeremiah 38:6 Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the dungeon of Melchias the son of Amelech, which was in the entry of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah by ropes into the dungeon, wherein there was no water, but mire. And Jeremiah sunk into the mire.

Lamentations 3:52-55 Sade. My enemies have chased me and caught me like a bird, without cause. . . .

Zechariah 9:11 Thou also by the blood of thy testament hast sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit, wherein is no water.

Context
Joseph Sold by His Brothers
23And as soon as he came to his brethren, they forthwith stript him of his outside coat, that was of divers colours: 24And cast him into an old pit where there was not water.25And sitting down to eat bread, they saw some Ismaelites on their way coming from Galaad, with their camels, carrying spices, and balm, and myrrh to Egypt.…
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Genesis 37:23
And as soon as he came to his brethren, they forthwith stript him of his outside coat, that was of divers colours:

Genesis 37:25
And sitting down to eat bread, they saw some Ismaelites on their way coming from Galaad, with their camels, carrying spices, and balm, and myrrh to Egypt.

Lexicon
and they took
וַיִּ֨קָּחֻ֔הוּ (way·yiq·qā·ḥu·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

him and threw
וַיַּשְׁלִ֥כוּ (way·yaš·li·ḵū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7993: To throw out, down, away

him into the pit.
הַבֹּ֑רָה (hab·bō·rāh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 953: A pit, cistern, well

Now the pit
וְהַבּ֣וֹר (wə·hab·bō·wr)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 953: A pit, cistern, well

was empty,
רֵ֔ק (rêq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7386: Empty, worthless

with no
אֵ֥ין (’ên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

water
מָֽיִם׃ (mā·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

in it.
בּ֖וֹ (bōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew


Additional Translations
and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

and they took him, and cast him into the pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

And they took him and cast him into the pit; and the pit was empty, it had not water.

and they took him and cast him into the pit; now the pit was empty -- there was no water in it.

and they took him, and cast him into the pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty; there was no water in it.

and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.

and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit is empty, there is no water in it.
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