Quotes about Betrayal
Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
- Genesis 37:18
“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
- Genesis 37:20
When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.
- Genesis 37:21
“Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.
- Genesis 37:22
So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—
- Genesis 37:23
and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
- Genesis 37:24
Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
- Genesis 37:26
Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.
- Genesis 37:27
So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
- Genesis 37:28
When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
- Genesis 37:29
returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”
- Genesis 37:30
Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.
- Genesis 37:31