Genesis 37:24

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Genesis 37:22–26 · Berean Standard Bible

22 “Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.

23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—

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

25 And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.

26 Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 35:7

For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.

Lamentations 4:20

The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”

Psalms 40:2

He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.

Psalms 88:6

You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.

Psalms 88:8

You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.

Psalms 130:1

Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!

Psalms 130:2

O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.

Jeremiah 38:6

So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.

Lamentations 3:52

Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.

Lamentations 3:53

They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.

Lamentations 3:54

The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.

Lamentations 3:55

I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.

Zechariah 9:11

As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.