Genesis 37:28

Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Joseph into Egypt.

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WEBBE

Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The merchants brought Joseph into Egypt.

BSB

So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

KJV

Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

ASV

And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.

BBE

And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt.

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וַיַּעַבְרוּ vai·ya·'av·ru and they passed by H5674 אֲנָשִׁים 'a·na·shim men H582 מִדְיָנִים mid·ya·nim Midianite[s] H4084 סֹחֲרִים so·cha·rim traders H5503 וַיִּמְשְׁכוּ vai·yim·she·khu and they drew H4900 וַיַּעֲלוּ vai·ya·'a·lu and they brought up H5927 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 יוֹסֵף yo·sef Joseph H3130 מִן־ min- from H4480 הַבּוֹר ha·bor the pit H953 וַיִּמְכְּרוּ vai·yim·ke·ru and they sold H4376 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 יוֹסֵף yo·sef Joseph H3130 לַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִים lai·yish·me·'e·lim to the Ishmaelites H3459 בְּעֶשְׂרִים be·'es·rim for twenty H6242 כָּסֶף ka·sef silver H3701 וַיָּבִיאוּ vai·ya·vi·'u and they brought H935 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 יוֹסֵף yo·sef Joseph H3130 מִצְרָיְמָה mitz·ra·ye·mah Egypt towards H4714

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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 Am 6:6; for when he was pining in the pit, they sat down to eat bread. They felt no remorse of conscience for the sin. But the wrath of man shall praise God, and the remainder of wrath he will restrain, Psa 76:10. Joseph's brethren were wonderfully restrained from murdering him, and their selling him as wonderfully turned to God's praise.

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Joseph Egypt

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ServantMoneyCommerceJosephMerchantMidianitesIshmaelites

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.