Genesis 37:18

Now Joseph’s brothers ¹  saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

biblegateway Gen 37:18

But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

biblegateway Gen 37:18

When they saw him from a distance and before he came close to them, they plotted against him to put him to death.

biblegateway Gen 37:18

When Joseph’s brothers saw him coming, they recognized him in the distance and made plans to kill him.

biblegateway Gen 37:18

They spotted him off in the distance. By the time he got to them they had cooked up a plot to kill him.

SABDAweb Gen 37:18

But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;

bibleoremus Gen 37:18

They saw him from a distance, and before he came near to them, they conspired to kill him.

biblegateway Gen 37:18

Now when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, they conspired against him to kill him.

biblegateway Gen 37:18

Now Joseph’s brothers ¹  saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

¹ tn Heb “and they”; the referent (Joseph’s brothers) has been specified in the translation for clarity.