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Genesis 37:26

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And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
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  1. Genesis 37:20Rank 1 from verse 26
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    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.

  2. Genesis 4:10Rank 2 from verse 26
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    10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.

  3. 2 Samuel 1:16Rank 3 from verse 26
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    16And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the Lord’s anointed.

  4. Deuteronomy 17:8Rank 4 from verse 26
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    8¶ If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose;

  5. Ezekiel 24:7Rank 5 from verse 26
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    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;

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Genesis 37:26

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brethren

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1. Persons of the same people, tribe, community, or shared service who are regarded or addressed as brothers. 2. Persons regarded as brothers by reason of faith or another spiritual relation. 3. Male siblings or other male relatives.

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profit

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Sense 1: Benefit or advantage. Sense 2: To benefit, improve, or advance.

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

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brother

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Sense 1: A male sibling; a near kinsman. Sense 2: A fellow member of a people or faith.

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conceal

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To keep close or secret; to forbear to disclose; to withhold from utterance or declaration.

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

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blood

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Sense 1: The bodily fluid associated with physical life. Sense 2: Life taken, bloodshed, or guilt and responsibility for it. Sense 3: Kindred, shared human descent, or natural human nature. Sense 4: The juice of grapes.

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

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25And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

26And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

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27Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.

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