Lessons
G. Hughes, B. D Genesis 37:18-19 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near to them, they conspired against him to slay him.… 1. In evil counsels against the saints, God overpowers the heart of some to frustrate bloody designs of others. 2. God makes evil projected against His servants to come to the cognizance of those that shall defeat it. 3. Deliverance is effected sometimes for the saints by such as hate them enough. 4. Providence causeth the counsel of one evil man to prevail against others, for His saint's good (ver. 21). 5. God puts an awe upon some to counsel others not to shed blood. 6. Pretence of a worse death providence ordereth to be made by men to save His from death wholly. 7. Fratricide is made horried to evil men by God for saving His own. 8. Respect to paternal honour may sway with men of bad resolutions, to abstain from evil and offering violence to a brother (ver. 21, 22). (G. Hughes, B. D) Parallel Verses KJV: And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. WEB: They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.