²⁴ And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

⁴¹ And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

⁹ And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,