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


In Context

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.

23 It happened, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;

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

25 They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

26 Judah said to his brothers, |What profit is it if we kill 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 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 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.