And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
WEB
Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
YLT
And they see him from afar, even before he draweth near unto them, and they conspire against him to put him to death.
DBT
And when they saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to put him to death.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)