Genesis 37:27
Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites; but let not, our own hand, be upon him, for our own brother, our own flesh, is he And his brethren hearkened.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
26So Judah said unto his brethren,—What profit that we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
Cross References
Genesis 29:14And Laban said to him, Surely, my bone and my flesh, art thou. So he abode with him a month of days.
Genesis 42:21And they said each man unto his brother—Verily guilty, we are, respecting our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul when he appealed unto us for favour and we hearkened not,—therefore, hath come in unto us this distress.
Exodus 21:21nevertheless if, for a day or for two days, he continue, he shall not be avenged, for, his silver, he is.
2 Samuel 11:14And so it was, in the morning, that David wrote a letter unto Joab,—and sent it by the hand of Uriah;
Nehemiah 5:8and I said unto them, We, have bought our brethren the Jews, who had sold themselves unto the nations, according to our ability, and will, ye, even sell your brethren, or shall they sell themselves unto us? And they were silent, and found no answer.
Matthew 26:15and said—What are ye willing to give unto me? and, I, unto you, will deliver him up. And they appointed 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 →