Genesis 37:25
And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and ladanum, going to carry it down to Egypt.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
24and they took him, and cast him into the pit — and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
26And Judah said unto his brethren: 'What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?
Cross References
Genesis 16:11And the angel of the LORD said unto her: 'Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son; and thou shalt call his name Ishmael, because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
Genesis 25:16these are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments; twelve princes according to their nations.
Genesis 31:23And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and he overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.
Genesis 37:36And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.
Genesis 43:11And their father Israel said unto them: 'If it be so now, do this: take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spicery and ladanum, nuts, and almonds;
Psalms 14:4'Shall not all the workers of iniquity know it, who eat up My people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD?'
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 →