Genesis 37:25-36

25 As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, balm and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt.
26 Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
27 Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.” His brothers agreed.
28 So when the Midianite merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twenty shekels[a] of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
29 When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.
30 He went back to his brothers and said, “The boy isn’t there! Where can I turn now?”
31 Then they got Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood.
32 They took the ornate robe back to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe.”
33 He recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! Some ferocious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces.”
34 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days.
35 All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said, “I will continue to mourn until I join my son in the grave.” So his father wept for him.
36 Meanwhile, the Midianites[b] sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard.

Cross References 32

  • 1. S Genesis 16:11
  • 2. S Genesis 31:21; S Song of Songs 4:1
  • 3. Jeremiah 8:22; Jeremiah 22:6; Jeremiah 46:11
  • 4. Genesis 43:11; Exodus 30:23; Psalms 45:8; Proverbs 7:17; Song of Songs 1:13; Matthew 2:11
  • 5. ver 28; Genesis 39:1; Psalms 105:17
  • 6. S Genesis 29:35
  • 7. ver 20; S Genesis 4:10
  • 8. Genesis 42:21
  • 9. S Genesis 29:14
  • 10. S Genesis 25:2; Judges 6:1-3
  • 11. Jeremiah 38:13
  • 12. Exodus 21:16
  • 13. Leviticus 27:5; Matthew 26:15
  • 14. S Genesis 16:11
  • 15. ver 36; Genesis 39:1; Genesis 45:4-5; Psalms 105:17; Jeremiah 12:6; Acts 7:9
  • 16. ver 34; Genesis 44:13; Numbers 14:6; Joshua 7:6; 2 Samuel 1:11; Job 2:12">2Ki Job 2:12; 2 Kings 5:7; 2 Kings 11:14; 2 Kings 22:11; Job 1:20; Job 2:12; Isaiah 36:22; Isaiah 37:1; Jeremiah 36:24; Jeremiah 41:5; Joel 2:13
  • 17. ver 22; Genesis 42:13,36
  • 18. S ver 3; ver 3,23
  • 19. Revelation 19:13
  • 20. S ver 3
  • 21. S ver 20
  • 22. Genesis 42:13,38; Genesis 44:20,28
  • 23. S ver 29
  • 24. 2 Samuel 3:31; 1 Kings 20:31; 1 Kings 21:27; 2 Kings 6:30; 2 Kings 19:1,2; Job 16:15; Psalms 69:11; Isaiah 3:24; Isaiah 15:3; Isaiah 22:12; Isaiah 32:11; Isaiah 37:1; Jeremiah 48:37; Jeremiah 49:3; Joel 1:13
  • 25. Ge 50:3,10,11; Numbers 20:29; Deuteronomy 34:8
  • 26. Job 2:11; Job 15:11; Job 16:5; Job 42:11
  • 27. 2 Samuel 12:17; Psalms 77:2; Jeremiah 31:15
  • 28. Genesis 42:38; Genesis 44:22,29,31
  • 29. 2 Samuel 12:23
  • 30. S Genesis 25:2
  • 31. S ver 28
  • 32. Genesis 39:1; Genesis 40:3; Genesis 41:10,12; 1 Samuel 22:14

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams
  • [b]. Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac (see also verse 28); Masoretic Text "Medanites"
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