20Come now therefore, and let's kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, 'An evil animal has devoured him.' We will see what will become of his dreams.|


In Context

17 The man said, |They have left here, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'| Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.

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

19 They said one to another, |Behold, this dreamer comes.

20 Come now therefore, and let's kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, 'An evil animal has devoured him.' We will see what will become of his dreams.|

21 Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, |Let's not take his life.|

22 Reuben said to them, |Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him|—that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.

Genesis 37:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

37:20Come 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

37:20"Come now, let's kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we'll see what comes of his dreams."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

37:20Come, let us kill him, and cast him into some old pit : and we will say : Some evil beast hath devoured him: and then it shall appear what his dreams avail him :

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

37:20Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, And evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:20And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

37:20Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:20Come 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

37:20and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast hath devoured him; and we see what his dreams are.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

37:20Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast has devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.