Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Genesis 37:24 in English Standard Version "And they took him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it." Jer 38:6 So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down by ropes. And there was no water in the cistern, but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud. La 3:53 they flung me alive into the pit and cast stones on me;