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


In Context

21 When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. "Let's not take his life," he said.

22 "Don't shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern here in the desert, but don't lay a hand on him." Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father.

23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe-the richly ornamented robe he was wearing-

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

25 As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, balm and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt.

26 Judah said to his brothers, "What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:24and they took him and cast him into the pit; now 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.