Genesis 37:18

And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

And when they saw {H7200} him afar off {H7350}, even before he came near {H7126} unto them, they conspired {H5230} against him to slay {H4191} him.

They spotted him in the distance, and before he had arrived where they were, they had already plotted to kill him.

Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.

And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.

  • Acts 23:12

    ¶ And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

  • Psalms 37:32

    The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

  • Mark 14:1

    ¶ After two days was [the feast of] the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put [him] to death.

  • Psalms 37:12

    The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

  • 1 Samuel 19:1

    ¶ And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.

  • Psalms 31:13

    For I have heard the slander of many: fear [was] on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

  • John 11:53

    Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
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