24and they took him and cast him into the pit; now the pit was empty there was no water in it.


In Context

21 And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life.

22 And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood: cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness; but lay no hand upon him in order that he might deliver him out of their hand, to bring him to his father again.

23 And it came to pass when Joseph came to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his vest, the vest of many colours, which he had on;

24 and they took him and cast him into the pit; now the pit was empty there was no water in it.

25 And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead; and their camels bore tragacanth, and balsam, and ladanum going to carry it down to Egypt.

26 And Judah said to his brethren, What profit is it that we kill our brother and secrete his blood?

Genesis 37:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

37:24And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit [was] empty, [there was] no water in it.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

37:24and they took him and threw him into the cistern. Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

37:24And cast him into an old pit, where there was no water.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

37:24and they took him, and cast him into the pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

37:24and they took him, and cast him into the pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:24And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty; there was no water in it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:24and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

37:24and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit is empty, there is no water in it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

37:24And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.