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Come now therefore, and let`s kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, `An evil animal has devoured him.` We will see what will become of his dreams."
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The Anatomy of Sin
Commentators highlight that the brothers' plot was not a spontaneous act but a deliberate, "cold-blooded" plan born from festering hatred. John Calvin notes their hypocrisy: they were more concerned with creating a plausible lie to deceive their father than they were about the judgment of God. Their plan reveals how sin seeks to conceal itself from human eyes while ignoring the all-seeing eyes of God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
17. דתין dotayı̂n Dothain, “two wells?” (Gesenius)
25. נכאת neko't “tragacanth” or goat’s-tho…
19th Century
Anglican
Into some pit. —Hebrew, into one of the pits, that is, cisterns dug to catch and preserve rainwater. In summer they are d…
16th Century
Protestant
And cast him into some pit. Before they commit the murder, they seek a pretext by which they may conceal their crime from men. Meanwhile, …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Come now therefore, and let us slay him Agree to do it, and actually do it:
and cast him into som…
How readily Joseph awaits his father's orders! Those children who are most beloved by their parents should be the most ready to obey them. See how …
