Genesis 37:25

Then they sat down to eat bread, and when they looked up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, and their camels were loaded with spices, balm and myrrh on their way to carry it down to Egypt.

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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.

In Context

24and they took him and threw him into the pit. But the pit was empty, there being no water in it.

26Judah said to his brothers, “What do we gain if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?

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Cross References

Genesis 16:11The messenger of the Lord also said to her, “You are pregnant, and will have a son; you must call him Ishmael God hears, because the Lord has heard of your ill-treatment.”

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 peoples.

Genesis 31:23he took his tribesmen with him, and pursued him for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.

Genesis 37:36Meanwhile, the Midianites had sold Joseph in Egypt to one of Pharaoh’s court officials, Potiphar, the captain of the guard.

Genesis 43:11Therefore their father said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the products of the land in your jars and carry down a present to the man, a little balm, a little honey, spices, myrrh, pistachio nuts, and almonds.

Psalms 14:4Have they learned their lesson, those workers of evil? Who ate up my people, eating, devouring, never calling to 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 →

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