King James Version
Genesis 37:26 in the King James Version says “And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 37 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?”
Genesis 37:26 · KJV
And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
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.
And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content. were: Heb. hearkened
Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen ; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And Judah”
H3063jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
“our brother”
H251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“our brother”
H251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
“and conceal”
H3680properly, to plump, i.e., fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his blood”
H1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
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