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.
Context
This verse from Genesis Chapter 37 connects to 10 cross-references. Jacob's favoritism toward Joseph, symbolized by the ornamented coat, stirs his brothers' hatred; Joseph's dreams of sheaves and stars bowing to him intensify their resentment. The brothers throw Joseph into a pit and sell him to Ishmaelite traders for twenty …
Other Translations
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast hath devoured him; and we see what his dreams are.'
Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.
Cross References
And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be …
Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, …
And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast …
And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came …
They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without …
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.