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Génesis 37:24

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24 y lo tomaron y lo echaron en el pozo. Y el pozo estaba vacío, no había agua en él.

Génesis 37:24 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 37:24

And they took him, and cast him into a pit
Into the same that Reuben pointed to them, whose counsel they gladly took and readily executed, supposing he meant the same thing they did, starving him to death:

and the pit [was] empty, [there was] no water in it;
only serpents and scorpions, as the Targum of Jonathan; and Jarchi adds, this remark, that there was no water in it, seems to be made either to furnish out a reason why Reuben directed to it, that he might be the more easily got out of it, and not be in danger of losing his life at once, or of being drowned in it; or else to show the uncomfortable situation he was in, having not so much as a drop of water to refresh him; see ( Zechariah 9:11 ) . Dothan is said to remain to this day, and the inhabitants of it show the ancient ditch into which Joseph was cast F21.


FOOTNOTES:

F21 Bunting's Travels, p. 80.
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Génesis 37:24 In-Context

22 Rubén les dijo además: No derraméis sangre. Echadlo en este pozo del desierto, pero no le pongáis la mano encima. Esto dijo para poder librarlo de las manos de ellos y volverlo a su padre.
23 Y sucedió que cuando José llegó a sus hermanos, despojaron a José de su túnica, la túnica de muchos colores que llevaba puesta;
24 y lo tomaron y lo echaron en el pozo. Y el pozo estaba vacío, no había agua en él.
25 Entonces se sentaron a comer, y cuando levantaron los ojos y miraron, he aquí, una caravana de ismaelitas venía de Galaad con sus camellos cargados de resina aromática, bálsamo y mirra, que iban bajando hacia Egipto.
26 Y Judá dijo a sus hermanos: ¿Qué ganaremos con matar a nuestro hermano y ocultar su sangre?
Scripture taken from La Biblia de las Américas® (LBLA®), Copyright © 1986, 1995, 1997 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. https://www.LBLA.com

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