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Genesis 37:26
And Juda said to his brethren: What will it profit us to kill our brother, and conceal his blood?
Genesis 37:26 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Genesis 37:26 in other translations
And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
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In context
23 And as soon as he came to his brethren, they forthwith stript him of his outside coat, that was of divers colours:
24 And cast him into an old pit where there was not water.
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.
26 And Juda said to his brethren: What will it profit us to kill our brother, and conceal his blood?
27 It is better that he be sold to the Ismaelites, and that our hands be not defiled: for he is our brother and our flesh. His brethren agreed to his words.
28 And when the Madianite merchants passed by, they drew him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ismaelites, for twenty pieces of silver: and they led him into Egypt.
29 And Ruben returning to the pit, found not the boy:
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