Genesis 37:18 But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

English Standard Version
They saw him from afar, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him.

New American Standard Bible
When they saw him from a distance and before he came close to them, they plotted against him to put him to death.

King James Bible
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They saw him in the distance, and before he had reached them, they plotted to kill him.

International Standard Version
Now as soon as they saw him approaching from a distance, before he arrived they plotted together to kill him.

American Standard Version
And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they saw him afar off, be- fore he came nigh them, they thought to kill him.

Darby Bible Translation
And when they saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to put him to death.

Young's Literal Translation
And they see him from afar, even before he draweth near unto them, and they conspire against him to put him to death.

Cross References

Mark 14:1
After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.

John 11:53
Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.

Acts 23:12
And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

Genesis 37:19
And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer comes.

Psalm 31:13
For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

Psalm 37:12
The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes on him with his teeth.

Psalm 37:32
The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to slay him.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

37:12-22 How readily does Joseph wait his father's orders! Those children who are best beloved by their parents, should be the most ready to obey them. See how deliberate Joseph's brethren were against him. They thought to slay him from malice aforethought, and in cold blood. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer, 1Jo 3:15. The sons of Jacob hated their brother because their father loved him. New occasions, as his dreams and the like, drew them on further; but this laid rankling in their hearts, till they resolved on his death. God has all hearts in his hands. Reuben had most reason to be jealous of Joseph, for he was the first-born; yet he proves his best friend. God overruled all to serve his own purpose, of making Joseph an instrument to save much people alive. Joseph was a type of Christ; for though he was the beloved Son of his Father, and hated by a wicked world, yet the Father sent him out of his bosom to visit us in great humility and love. He came from heaven to earth to seek and save us; yet then malicious plots were laid against him. His own not only received him not, but crucified him. This he submitted to, as a part of his design to redeem and save us.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

18. when they saw him afar off—on the level grass field, where they were watching their cattle. They could perceive him approaching in the distance from the side of Shechem, or rather, Samaria.