Tree of Life Version
Genesis 37:24
24Then they took him and threw him into the pit. (Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.)
Genesis 37:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
- New International Version (NIV)and they took him and threw him into the cistern. The cistern was empty; there was no water in it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And they took him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then they took him and cast him into a pit. And the pit was empty; there was no water in it.
Context of Genesis 37:24
22In order to rescue him from their hand and to return him to his father, Reuben said to them, “Don’t shed blood! Throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him!” 23So as soon as Joseph came up to his brothers they stripped Joseph of his tunic (the long sleeved tunic that he had on). Then they took him and threw him into the pit. (Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.) 25Then they sat down to eat bread. When they looked up, behold, there was a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels carrying gum, balsam, and myrrh—going to bring them down to Egypt. 26Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? Come on!
Read all of Genesis 37Genesis 37:24 word by word
וַיִּ֨קָּחֻ֔הוּ וַיַּשְׁלִ֥כוּ אֹת֖וֹ הַבֹּ֑רָה וְהַבּ֣וֹר רֵ֔ק אֵ֥ין בּ֖וֹ מָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Genesis 37:24
- Psalms 35:7For without cause they hid their net for me, and without cause they dug a pit for my soul.
- Lamentations 4:20The anointed of Adonai, the breath of our nostrils, was captured in their pits, of whom we have said, “Under His shadow we will live among the nations.”
- Psalms 40:2I waited patiently for Adonai. He bent down to me and heard my cry.
- Psalms 88:6abandoned among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom You remember no more— cut off from Your hand.
- Psalms 130:1A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths I cry to You, Adonai!
- Jeremiah 38:6So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern-pit of Malchiah the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard, lowering Jeremiah down with ropes. Now in the pit there was no water, but only mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud.
- Lamentations 3:52For no reason, my enemies hunted me down like a bird.
- Zechariah 9:11As for you also, by the blood of your covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless Pit.
Commentaries on Genesis 37:24
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-36Verses 1-36 - Joseph Was Sold into Egypt 17. דתין dotayı̂n Dothain, “two wells?” (Gesenius) 25. נכאת neko't “tragacanth” or goat‘s-thorn gum, yielded by the “astragalus gummifer”, a native of Mount Lebanon. צרי tsērı̂y “opobalsamum,” the resin of the balsam tree, growing in Gilead, and having healing qualities. לט loṭ ͂ lēdon “ledum, ladanum,” in the Septuagint ́ staktē The former is a gum produced from the cistus rose. The latter is a gum resembling…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-30Verses 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-24Reuben might have been trying to regain his father's favor (35:22) by acting as the firstborn leader (compare 42:22). Reuben succeeded in saving Joseph's life, but he did not win his father's favor (37:29–30).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-365. Joseph dreamed a dream--Dreams in ancient times were much attended to, and hence the dream of Joseph, though but a mere boy, engaged the serious consideration of his family. But this dream was evidently symbolical. The meaning was easily discerned, and, from its being repeated under different emblems, the fulfilment was considered certain (compare Ge 41:32), whence it was that "his brethren envied him, but his father observed the saying" [Ge 37:11].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 37
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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