Genesis 37:26 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 37:26

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

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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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יְהוּדָ֖ה	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אֶחָ֑יו	'e.Chav	brothers his	H251 →
מַה־	mah-	what?	H4100 →
בֶּ֗צַע	Be.tza'	[is the] profit	H1215 →
כִּ֤י	ki	if	H3588 →
נַהֲרֹג֙	na.ha.Rog	we will kill	H2026 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אָחִ֔ינוּ	'a.Chi.nu	brother our	H251 →
וְכִסִּ֖ינוּ	ve.khi.Si.nu	and we will conceal	H3680 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
דָּמֽוֹ׃	da.Mo	blood his	H1818 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 16:26
What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
leads to
- Job 27:8
  For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
- Mark 8:36–37
  What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?
- Luke 9:25
  What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?
- Luke 12:20
  But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
- Psalms 49:7–8
  No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
Through
Genesis 4:10
“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.
leads to
- Hebrews 12:24
  to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
- Psalms 72:14
  He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight.
- Hebrews 11:4
  By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he…