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


In Context

21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him from their hands: and said, Let us not kill him.

22 And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood; cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might deliver him from their hands, to bring him back to his father.

23 And it came to pass when Joseph had come to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, his coat of many colors that was on him.

24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and 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 company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery, and balm, and myrrh, going to carry them down to Egypt.

26 And Judah said to his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal 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 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 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.