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Genesis 37:18
And when they saw him afar off, before he came nigh them, they thought to kill him:
Genesis 37:18 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Genesis 37:18 in other translations
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.
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In context
15 And a man found him there wandering in the field, and asked what he sought.
16 But he answered: I seek my brethren, tell me where they feed the flocks.
17 And the man said to him: They are departed from this place: for I heard them say: Let us go to Dothain. And Joseph went forward after his brethren, and found them in Dothain.
18 And when they saw him afar off, before he came nigh them, they thought to kill him:
19 And said one to another: Behold the dreamer cometh.
20 Come, let us kill him, and cast him into some old pit: and we will say: Some evil beast hath devoured him: and then it shall appear what his dreams avail him:
21 And Ruben hearing this, endeavoured to deliver him out of their hands, and said:
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