Genesis 37:27
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands upon him. For he is our brother, our flesh.” His brothers listened to him.
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26Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
Cross References
Genesis 29:14Laban said to him, “You are indeed my bone and my flesh.” Then Jacob stayed with him for about one month.
Genesis 42:21They said to one another, “We are truly guilty concerning our brother in that we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us and we would not listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.”
Exodus 21:21However, if the servant lives for a day or two, the master must not be punished, for he will have suffered the loss of the servant.
2 Samuel 11:14So in the morning David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
Nehemiah 5:8and said to them, “We, as much as we are able, have bought back from slavery our Jewish brothers who had been sold to the nations, but you even sell your brothers and sisters that they may be sold back to us!” They were silent and never found a word to say.
Matthew 26:15and said, “What are you willing to give me to deliver him to you?” They weighed out thirty pieces of silver for him.
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 →