Genesis 37:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְכ֞וּ וְנִמְכְּרֶ֣נּוּ לַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֗ים וְיָדֵ֙נוּ֙ אַל־תְּהִי־ב֔וֹ כִּֽי־אָחִ֥ינוּ בְשָׂרֵ֖נוּ ה֑וּא וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֖וּ אֶחָֽיו׃

Transliteration

ləḵû and wə-nimkərennû to the la-yyišməʿēlîm, and our wə-yāḏênû not təhî-against him, for kî-our ʾāḥînû our bəśārênû he; and wə-yišməʿû his ʾeḥāyw

Grammar Details

• *ləḵû*: imperative 2nd masculine plural - 'go/come'
• *wə-nimkərennû*: waw-conjunctive with qal imperfect 1st common plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'and let us sell him'
• *la-yyišməʿēlîm*: preposition with definite article and proper noun, masculine plural - 'to the Ishmaelites'
• *wə-yāḏênû*: conjunction with noun, feminine singular with 1st common plural suffix - 'and our hand'
• *təhî*: qal imperfect jussive 3rd feminine singular - 'let it be'
• *ʾāḥînû*: noun, masculine singular with 1st common plural suffix - 'our brother'
• *bəśārênû*: noun, masculine singular with 1st common plural suffix - 'our flesh'
• *wə-yišməʿû*: waw-consecutive with imperfect 3rd masculine plural - 'and they listened/heeded'

Word Meanings

• *bəśārênû*: our flesh/our relative/our kinsman

Referenced Verses

• Gen 42:21 : 21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
• 1 Sam 18:17 : 17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
• 2 Sam 11:14-17 : 14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. 16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. 17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
• 2 Sam 12:9 : 9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
• Neh 5:8 : 8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
• Matt 16:26 : 26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
• Matt 26:15 : 15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
• 1 Tim 1:10 : 10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
• Rev 18:13 : 13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
• Exod 21:16 : 16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
• Exod 21:21 : 21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
• Gen 29:14 : 14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
• Gen 37:22 : 22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.