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Genesis 37:24
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22 And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness, and do not lay a hand on him”—that he might deliver him out of their hands, and bring him back to his father.
23 So it came to pass, when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they astripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him.  
24 Then they took him and cast him into a pit. And the pit was empty; there was no water in it.
25 aAnd they sat down to eat a meal. Then they lifted their eyes and looked, and there was a company of bIshmaelites, coming from Gilead with their camels, bearing spices, cbalm, and myrrh, on their way to carry them down to Egypt.  
26 So Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and aconceal his blood?  
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John Wesley's Notes
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Genesis 37:24

They call him into a pit - To perish there with hunger and cold; so cruel were their tender mercies.


 
<< Genesis 37:23   Genesis 37:25 >>

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