Genesis 37:24

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

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WEBBE

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

BSB

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

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.

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וַיִּקָּחֻהוּ vai·yi·ka·chu·hu and they took him H3947 וַיַּשְׁלִכוּ vai·yash·li·khu and they threw H7993 אֹתוֹ 'o·to (marks the object) him H853 הַבֹּרָה ha·bo·rah the pit towards H953 וְהַבּוֹר ve·ha·bor and the pit H953 רֵק rek [was] empty H7386 אֵין 'ein there not H369 בּוֹ bo in (the) it H9033 מָיִם ma·yim [was] water H4325

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 23–30

They threw Joseph into a pit, to perish there with hunger and cold; so cruel were their tender mercies. They slighted him when he was in distress, and were not grieved for the affliction of Joseph, see Am 6:6; for when he was pining in the pit, they sat down to eat bread. They felt no remorse of conscience for the sin. But the wrath of man shall praise God, and the remainder of wrath he will restrain, Psa 76:10. Joseph's brethren were wonderfully restrained from murdering him, and their selling him as wonderfully turned to God's praise.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.