Catholic Public Domain Version
"And, when they had seen him from afar, before he approached them, they decided to kill him. "
— Genesis 37:18, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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:”
“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;”
“And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.”
And a man found him wandering in a field, and he asked him what he was seeking.
So he responded: “I seek my brothers. Tell me where they pasture the flocks.”
And the man said to him: “They have withdrawn from this place. But I heard them saying, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’ ” Therefore, Joseph continued on after his brothers, and he found them at Dothan.
And, when they had seen him from afar, before he approached them, they decided to kill him.
And they said one to another: “Behold, the dreamer approaches.
Come, let us kill him and cast him into the old cistern. And let us say: ‘an evil wild beast has devoured him.’ And then it will become apparent what his dreams will do for him.”
But Reuben, on hearing this, strove to free him from their hands, and he said: