Genesis 37:24

Joseph Sold into Egypt · Genesis 37:12–30
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Translations

Modern
…and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
Traditional
And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
Literal
…and they took him and cast him into the pit. And the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
Latin
…miseruntque eum in cisternam veterem, quæ non habebat aquam.

Original

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

Notes

Reuben 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).

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Jacob Joseph Symbolic Numbers The Righteous Suffer

Events

Parallels

Acts 7:9–14

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Birthright Dothan Genesis, Book of Jacob Keturah Midian, Midianite Patriarchs, Period of the Reuben (Person)

Topics

Jealousy: Joseph's Brothers, of Joseph Joseph: Son of Jacob: His Father's Partiality For, Excites the Jealousy of his Brethren Reuben: Adroitly Seeks to Save Joseph from the Conspiracy of his Brothers