Genesis 37:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels.

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  • Gen 43:11 : 11 And take twice as much money with you; that is to say, take back the money which was put in your bags, for it may have been an error;
  • Gen 37:28 : 28 And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt.
  • Jer 8:22 : 22 Is there no life-giving oil in Gilead? is there no expert in medical arts? why then have my people not been made well?
  • Gen 37:36 : 36 And in Egypt the men of Midian gave him for a price to Potiphar, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house.
  • Gen 16:11-12 : 11 And the angel of the Lord said, See, you are with child and will give birth to a son, to whom you will give the name Ishmael, because the ears of the Lord were open to your sorrow. 12 And he will be like a mountain ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him, and he will keep his place against all his brothers.
  • Gen 25:1-4 : 1 And Abraham took another wife named Keturah. 2 She became the mother of Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah. 3 And Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. And from Dedan came the Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim. 4 And from Midian came Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah. All these were the offspring of Keturah.
  • Gen 25:16-18 : 16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names in their towns and their tent-circles; twelve chiefs with their peoples. 17 And the years of Ishmael's life were a hundred and thirty-seven: and he came to his end, and was put to rest with his people. 18 And their country was from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt: they took their place to the east of all their brothers.
  • Gen 31:21 : 21 So he went away with all he had, and went across the River in the direction of the hill-country of Gilead.
  • Gen 31:23 : 23 And taking the men of his family with him, he went after him for seven days and overtook him in the hill-country of Gilead.
  • Esth 3:15 : 15 The runners went out quickly by the king's order, and a public statement was made in Shushan: and the king and Haman took wine together: but the town of Shushan was troubled.
  • Ps 14:4 : 4 Have all the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food as they would take bread; they make no prayer to the Lord.
  • Ps 83:6 : 6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagarites;
  • Prov 30:20 : 20 This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong.
  • Gen 39:1 : 1 Now Joseph was taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar the Egyptian, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house, got him for a price from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.
  • Jer 46:11 : 11 Go up to Gilead and take sweet oil, O virgin daughter of Egypt: there is no help in all your medical arts; nothing will make you well.
  • Amos 6:6 : 6 Drinking wine in basins, rubbing themselves with the best oils; but they have no grief for the destruction of Joseph.

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    26 And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up his blood?

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    25 And when Joseph came in, they gave him the things which they had for him, and went down to the earth before him.

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    1 Now Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are you looking at one another?

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    7 And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.

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    33 And the ruler of the land said, In this way I may be certain that you are true men; let one of you be kept here with me, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families;

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    27 Now at their night's resting-place one of them, opening his bag to give his ass some food, saw his money in the mouth of the bag.

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    24 And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.

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