The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.
and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.
So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of si
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage;
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind
Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded
Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships t