Genesis 37:27
Come, let us sell him to these Ismaelites, but let not our hands be upon him, because he is our brother and our flesh; and his brethren hearkened.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
26And Judas said to his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
Cross References
Genesis 29:14And Laban said to him, Thou art of my bones and of my flesh; and he was with him a + 29:14 Gr. month of days.full month.
Genesis 42:21And each said to his brother, Yes, indeed, for we are in fault concerning our brother, when we disregarded the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we hearkened not to him; and therefore has this affliction come upon us.
Exodus 21:21But if the servant continue to live a day or two, let not the master be punished; for he is his money.
2 Samuel 11:14And the morning came, and David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Urias.
Nehemiah 5:8and I said to them, We of our free-will have redeemed our brethren the Jews that were sold to the Gentiles; and do ye sell your brethren? and shall they be delivered to us? And they were silent, and found no answer.
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 →