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Genesis 37:19
Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer.
Genesis 37:19 · Bible in Basic English
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Genesis 37:19 in other translations
And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
“Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.
They said to one another, “Behold, this dreamer comes.
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In context
16 And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.
17 And the man said, They have gone away from here, for they said in my hearing, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after them and came up with them at Dothan.
18 But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;
19 Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer.
20 Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.
21 But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.
22 Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again.
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