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


In Context

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

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

17 And the man said, They have departed hence: for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren and found them in Dothan.

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

19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer is coming.

20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit; and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him; and we shall see what will become 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:18And when they saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to put him to death.

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 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.