Genesis 37:25
They sat down to eat bread. They lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh. They were traveling to carry them down to Egypt.
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24They took him and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty with no water in it.
26Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
Cross References
Genesis 16:11The angel of Yahweh also said to her, 1 “Behold, you are pregnant and will bear a son, 1 and you will call his name Ishmael, 1 because Yahweh has heard your affliction. 1
Genesis 25:16These were Ishmael's sons, and these were their names, by their villages, and by their encampments; twelve princes according to their tribes.
Genesis 31:23So he took his relatives with him and pursued him for a seven days' journey. He overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
Genesis 37:36The Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard.
Genesis 43:11Their father Israel said to them, “If it be so, now do this. Take some of the best products of the land in your bags. Carry down to the man a gift—some balm and honey, spices and myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds.
Psalms 14:4Do they not know anything, those who commit iniquity, 1 those who eat up my people as they eat bread, 1 but who do not call on Yahweh? 1
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 →