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Genesis 37:19

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And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
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  1. Genesis 28:12Rank 1 from verse 19
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    12And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

  2. Genesis 37:11Rank 2 from verse 19
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    11And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

  3. Genesis 37:5Rank 3 from verse 19
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    5¶ And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

  4. Genesis 49:23Rank 4 from verse 19
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    23The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

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Genesis 37:19

COMBINED MEANING

another

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1. In "one another" and like reciprocal or distributive constructions, each the other, or one in relation to the other or others. 2. One other, one more, or a different or additional person or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

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37:15¶ And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

37:16And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.

37:17And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.

37:18And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

37:19And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

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37:20Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

37:21And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

37:22And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

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