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They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.
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Hatred as the Seed of Murder
Commentators emphasize that the brothers' conspiracy was not a crime of passion but an act of premeditated malice. John Gill notes that their hatred was stirred the moment they saw him from afar, while Matthew Henry calls it "malice aforethought and in cold blood," linking it to the New Testament teaching that whoever hates his brother is a murderer at heart (1 John 3:15).
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18th Century
Presbyterian
17. דתין dotayı̂n Dothain, “two wells?” (Gesenius)
25. נכאת neko't “tragacanth” or goat’s-tho…
16th Century
Protestant
And when they saw him afar off. Here again Moses, so far from flattering his own family to protect their reputation, brands its leaders wi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when they saw him afar off They knew him as soon as they saw him, by his stature, his gesture or manner of walki…
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