26 Judah said to his brothers, "What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
26 Then Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
26 Judah said, "Brothers, what are we going to get out of killing our brother and concealing the evidence?
26 So Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is there if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
26 Judah said to his brothers, "What will we gain by killing our brother? We'd have to cover up the crime.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 37:26
Commentary on Genesis 37:23-30
(Read Genesis 37:23-30)
They threw Joseph into a pit, to perish there with hunger and cold; so cruel were their tender mercies. They slighted him when he was in distress, and were not grieved for the affliction of Joseph, see Psalm 76:10. Joseph's brethren were wonderfully restrained from murdering him, and their selling him as wonderfully turned to God's praise.