Genesis 37 · Verse 24

Genesis 37:24

And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
Genesis 37:24, King James Version

Genesis 37:24 in other translations

BSBand they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
WEBand they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.
ASVand they took him, and cast him into the pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
YLTand take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit is empty, there is no water in it.
DARBYand they took him and cast him into the pit; now the pit was empty — there was no water in it.
BBEAnd they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.
WebsterAnd they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty; there was no water in it.

What does Genesis 37:24 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 37:23-30

They threw Joseph into a pit, to perish there with hunger and cold; so cruel were their tender mercies. They slighted him when he was in distress, and were not grieved for the affliction of Joseph, see Am 6:6; for when he was pining in the pit, they sat down to eat bread. They felt no remorse of conscience for the sin. But the wrath of man shall praise God, and the remainder of wrath he will restrain, Psa 76:10…

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Genesis 37:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּ֨קָּחֻ֔הוּvai.Yi.ka.Chu.huand they took himH3947
וַיַּשְׁלִ֥כוּvai.yash.Li.khuand they threwH7993
אֹת֖וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853
הַבֹּ֑רָהha.Bo.rahthe pit towardsH953
וְהַבּ֣וֹרve.ha.Borand the pitH953
רֵ֔קRek[was] emptyH7386
אֵ֥ין'einthere notH369
בּ֖וֹboin <the> it
מָֽיִם\׃Ma.yim[was] waterH4325

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Cross references for Genesis 37:24

  • Jeremiah 38:6

    Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

  • Zechariah 9:11

    As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

  • Psalms 130:1-2

    A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

  • Psalms 40:2

    He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

  • Psalms 88:8

    Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

  • Lamentations 4:20

    The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.

  • Lamentations 3:52-55

    Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off. I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.

  • Psalms 88:6

    Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

  • Psalms 35:7

    For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

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and cast.
Ps 35:7; La 4:20
the pit.
Ps 40:2; 88:6,8; 130:1,2; Jer 38:6; La 3:52-55; Zec 9:11

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Context

  • Genesis 37:23

    And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;

  • Genesis 37:24

    And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

  • Genesis 37:25

    And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

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Genesis 37:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y tomáronlo, y echáronle en la cisterna; mas la cisterna estaba vacía, no había en ella agua.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et ils le prirent et le jetèrent dans la citerne; or la citerne était vide: il n’y avait point d’eau dedans.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und sie nahmen ihn und warfen ihn in die Grube; die Grube aber war leer, es war kein Wasser darin.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
miseruntque eum in cisternam veterem, quæ non habebat aquam.