Bible in Basic English
"But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;"
— Genesis 37:18, Bible in Basic English
“And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.”
“And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. ”
“They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.”
“Now Joseph’s brothers saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.”
“And when they saw him afar off, before he came nigh them, they thought to kill him:”
“And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.”
And a man saw him wandering in the country, and said to him, What are you looking for?
And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.
And the man said, They have gone away from here, for they said in my hearing, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after them and came up with them at Dothan.
But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;
Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer.
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.
But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.