Genesis 37:27
Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites; but let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened [to him].
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
26And Judah said to his brethren, What profit is it that we kill our brother and secrete his blood?
Cross References
Genesis 29:14And Laban said to him, Thou art indeed my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him a month's time.
Genesis 42:21Then they said one to another, We are indeed guilty concerning our brother, whose anguish of soul we saw when he besought us, and we did not hearken; therefore this distress is come upon us.
Exodus 21:21Only, if he continue [to live] a day or two days, he shall not be avenged; for he is his money.
2 Samuel 11:14And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by Urijah.
Nehemiah 5:8And I said to them, We, according to our ability, have redeemed our brethren the Jews, who were sold to the nations; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? And they were silent and found no answer.
Matthew 26:15and said, What are ye willing to give me, and *I* will deliver him up to you? And they appointed to him thirty pieces of silver.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 37:24-31
23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him; 24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it. 25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. 26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if… Read the whole commentary →