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Genesis 37

Gen. 37:26 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto his brethren
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
, What profit
betsa` (Hebrew #1215)
plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust)
KJV usage: covetousness, (dishonest) gain, lucre, profit.
Pronounce: beh'-tsah
Origin: from 1214
is it if we slay
harag (Hebrew #2026)
to smite with deadly intent
KJV usage: destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), X surely.
Pronounce: haw-rag'
Origin: a primitive root
our brother
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
, and conceal
kacah (Hebrew #3680)
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
KJV usage: clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare 3780.
Pronounce: kaw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
s his blood
dam (Hebrew #1818)
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
KJV usage: blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), + innocent.
Pronounce: dawm
Origin: from 1826 (compare 119)
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Gen. 4:10• 10And he said, What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. (Gen. 4:10)
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Job 16:18• 18O earth, cover thou not my blood,{HR}And let my cry have no place. (Job 16:18)

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Ministry on This Verse

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What profit.
Gen. 25:32• 32And Esau said, Behold, I am going to die, and what [is] this birthright to me? (Gen. 25:32)
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Psa. 30:9• 9What gain [is] in my blood, in my going down to the pit?{HR}Shall dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? (Psa. 30:9)
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Jer. 41:8• 8But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren. (Jer. 41:8)
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Matt. 16:26• 26For what does a man profit, if he should gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? (Matt. 16:26)
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Rom. 6:21• 21What fruit then had you at that time? [Things] of which ye are now ashamed, for the end of those things [is] death. (Rom. 6:21)
conceal.
Gen. 37:20• 20And now come, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits; and we will say, An evil beast hath devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his dreams. (Gen. 37:20)
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Gen. 4:10• 10And he said, What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. (Gen. 4:10)
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Deut. 17:8• 8If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between cause and cause, and between stroke and stroke, matters of controversy within thy gates, then shalt thou arise, and go up to the place which Jehovah thy God will choose. (Deut. 17:8)
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2 Sam. 1:16• 16And David said to him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth has testified against thee, saying, I have slain Jehovah's anointed. (2 Sam. 1:16)
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Job 16:18• 18O earth, cover thou not my blood,{HR}And let my cry have no place. (Job 16:18)
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Ezek. 24:7• 7For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust; (Ezek. 24:7)
• If they are not going to gratify their hatred by killing Joseph, why not gratify their covetousness by selling Joseph? (“Rejected and Sold” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Judah said to his brethren, What profit is it that we kill our brother and secrete his blood?

W. Kelly Translation

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And Judah said to his brethren, What profit [is it] if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?