Genesis 37:26 KJV — MannaFest

Genesis 37:26

And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

KJV

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ASV

And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?

WEB

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

YLT

And Judah saith unto his brethren, `What gain when we slay our brother, and have concealed his blood?

DBT

And Judah said to his brethren, What profit is it that we kill our brother and secrete his blood?

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Genesis — 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)

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Genesis 37:20
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
Genesis 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
Matthew 26:15
And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
Psalms 76:10
Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
Genesis 25:32
And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?

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What profit is it if we slay our brother?--The sight of these travelling merchants gave a sudden turn to the views of the conspirators; for having no wish to commit a greater degree of crime than was necessary for the accomplishment of their end, they readily approved of Judah's suggestion to dispose of their obnoxious brother as a slave.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

): " What profit is it if we slay our brother? it will be less guilt, and more gain, to sell him." Note, When we are tempted to sin, we should consider the unprofitableness of it. It is what there is nothing to be got by.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

What profit is it if we slay our brother? - It will be less guilt and more gain to sell him. And as Joseph was sold by the contrivance of Judah for twenty pieces of silver, so was our Lord Jesus for thirty, and by one of the same name too, Judas.

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