18And when they saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to put him to death.


In Context

15 And a man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the country; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

16 And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.

17 And the man said, They have removed from this; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them at Dothan.

18 And when they saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to put him to death.

19 And they said one to another, Behold, there comes that dreamer!

20 And now come and let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast has devoured him; and we will see what becomes of his dreams.

Genesis 37:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

37:18And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

37:18But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

37:18And when they saw him afar off, be- fore he came nigh them, they thought to kill him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

37:18And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

37:18And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:18And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near to them, they conspired against him to slay him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:18They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

37:18And they see him from afar, even before he draweth near unto them, and they conspire against him to put him to death.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

37:18And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near to them, they conspired against him to slay him.