1 Samuel 17:28 References
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Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and aEliab's anger burned against David and he said, "Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your insolence and the wickedness of your heart; for you have come down in order to see the battle."
a Genesis 37:4, Genesis 37:8-36, Proverbs 18:19, Matthew 10:36
Genesis 37
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His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers; and so they ahated him and could not speak to him on friendly terms.
Genesis 37
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Then his brothers said to him, "aAre you actually going to reign over us? Or are you really going to rule over us?" So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.
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Now he had still another dream, and related it to his brothers, and said, "Lo, I have had still another dream; and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me."
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He related it to his father and to his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, "What is this dream that you have had? Shall I and your mother and ayour brothers actually come to bow ourselves down before you to the ground?"
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Then his brothers went to pasture their father's flock in Shechem.
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Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers pasturing the flock in aShechem? Come, and I will send you to them." And he said to him, "I will go."
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Then he said to him, "Go now and see about the welfare of your brothers and the welfare of the flock, and bring word back to me." So he sent him from the valley of aHebron, and he came to Shechem.
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A man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, "What are you looking for?"
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He said, "I am looking for my brothers; please tell me where they are pasturing the flock."
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Then the man said, "They have moved from here; for I heard them say, 'Let us go to aDothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
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When they saw him from a distance and before he came close to them, they aplotted against him to put him to death.
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They said to one another, "Here comes this dreamer!
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"Now then, come and let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; and awe will say, 'A wild beast devoured him.' Then let us see what will become of his dreams!"
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Reuben further said to them, "Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but do not lay hands on him"--that he might rescue him out of their hands, to restore him to his father.
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So it came about, when Joseph reached his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the varicolored tunic that was on him;
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and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, without any water in it.
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Then they sat down to eat a meal. And as they raised their eyes and looked, behold, a caravan of aIshmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing baromatic gum and cbalm and myrrh, on their way to bring them down to Egypt.
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Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it for us to kill our brother and acover up his blood?
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"aCome and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh." And his brothers listened to him.
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Then some aMidianite traders passed by, so they pulled him up and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and bsold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. Thus cthey brought Joseph into Egypt.
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and they sent the varicolored tunic and brought it to their father and said, "We found this; please examine it to see whether it is your son's tunic or not."
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Then he examined it and said, "It is my son's tunic. aA wild beast has devoured him; bJoseph has surely been torn to pieces!"
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Then all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, "Surely I will ago down to Sheol in mourning for my son." So his father wept for him.
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Meanwhile, the Midianites asold him in Egypt to Potiphar, Pharaoh's officer, the captain of the bodyguard.
Proverbs 18
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A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city, And contentions are like the bars of a citadel.