"And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit {was} empty, {there was} no water in it." — Genesis 37:24

Genesis 37:24 · KJV

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

— Genesis 37:24

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; {colours: or, pieces}

Verse 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.

Genesis 37 — Context

And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, {but} cast him into this pit that {is} in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

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; {colours: or, pieces}

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

And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit {is it} if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

Cross References

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. {of Hammelech: or, of the king}

Psalms 130:1-2

[A Song of degrees.] Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.

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. {by...: or, whose covenant is by blood}

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.

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. {an...: Heb. a pit of noise}

Psalms 88:6

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

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.