Genesis 37:27
Come, and we sell him to the Ishmaelites, and our hands are not on him, for he [is] our brother—our flesh”; and his brothers listen.
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26And Judah says to his brothers, “What gain when we slay our brother, and have concealed his blood?
Cross References
Genesis 29:14and Laban says to him, “You [are] surely my bone and my flesh”; and he dwells with him a month of days.
Genesis 42:21And they say to one another, “Truly we [are] guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication to us, and we did not listen: therefore this distress has come on us.”
Exodus 21:21only if he remains a day, or two days, he is not avenged, for he [is] his money.
2 Samuel 11:14And it comes to pass in the morning that David writes a letter to Joab and sends [it] by the hand of Uriah;
Nehemiah 5:8and say to them, “We have acquired our brothers the Jews, those sold to the nations, according to the ability that [is] in us, and you also sell your brothers, and they have been sold to us!” And they are silent, and have not found a word.
Matthew 26:15“What are you willing to give me, and I will deliver Him up to you?” And they weighed out 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 →