Genesis 37:24
World English Bible (WEB)
and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.
In context
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 When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic 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 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 every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.
- KJV King James Version
- And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
- ASV American Standard Version
- and they took him, and cast him into the pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit [is] empty, there is no water in it.
- DBY Darby Translation
- and they took him and cast him into the pit; now the pit was empty — there was no water in it.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty; there was no water in it.