Chuàngshìjì 37:27

27 Wǒmen bú rú jiāng tā maì gĕi Yǐshímǎlì rén , bùkĕ xià shǒu haì tā . yīnwei tā shì wǒmen de xiōngdi , wǒmen de gǔròu . zhòng dìxiōng jiù tīng cóng le tā .

Chuàngshìjì 37:27 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 37:27

Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites
For a slave, and that will defeat his dream; and as these were going down to Egypt, where they would sell him, he would be far enough from them, and there would be no probability of his ever being lord over them:

and let not our hand be upon him;
to take away his life, either by stabbing or starving him:

for he [is] our brother, [and] our flesh;
they had all one father, though different mothers, and therefore, as the relation was so near, some sympathy and compassion should be shown; some degree of tenderness at least, and not savageness and cruelty:

and his brethren were content;
they agreed to the motion, inasmuch as they supposed it would answer their end as well, which was to prevent his dominion over them.

Chuàngshìjì 37:27 In-Context

25 Tāmen zuò xià chī fàn , jǔmù guānkàn , jiàn yǒu yī huǒ Mǐdiàn de Yǐshímǎlì rén cóng Jīliè lái , yòng luòtuo tuó zhe xiāngliào , rǔxiāng , mòyào , yào daì xià Āijí qù .

26 Yóudà duì zhòng dìxiōng shuō , wǒmen shā wǒmen de xiōngdi , cáng le tāde xiĕ yǒu shénme yìchu ne .

27 Wǒmen bú rú jiāng tā maì gĕi Yǐshímǎlì rén , bùkĕ xià shǒu haì tā . yīnwei tā shì wǒmen de xiōngdi , wǒmen de gǔròu . zhòng dìxiōng jiù tīng cóng le tā .

28 Yǒu xiē Mǐdiàn de shāng rén cóng nàli jīngguò , gēge men jiù bǎ Yūesè cóng kēng lǐ lá shàng lái , jiǎngdéng èr shí Shĕkèlè yínzi , bǎ Yūesè maì gĕi Yǐshímǎlì rén . tāmen jiù bǎ Yūesè daì dào Āijí qù le .

29 Liúbiàn huí dào kēng bian , jiàn Yūesè bú zaì kēng lǐ , jiù sī liè yīfu ,