Genesis 37:18

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

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

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

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

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

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;

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

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

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.