Genesis 37:28

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then Midianite merchants passed by; and they drew and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

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  • Ps 105:17 : 17 He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
  • Acts 7:9 : 9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt, but God was with him,
  • Gen 45:4-5 : 4 And Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. 5 Now do not be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life.
  • Judg 6:1-3 : 1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years. 2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel, and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made themselves the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strongholds. 3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
  • Gen 25:2 : 2 And she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
  • Gen 37:25 : 25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
  • Gen 37:36 : 36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.
  • Isa 60:6 : 6 The multitude of camels shall cover you, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and incense, and they shall proclaim the praises of the LORD.
  • Zech 11:12-13 : 12 I said to them, If it seems good to you, give me my wages, and if not, refrain. So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver. 13 The LORD said to me, 'Throw it to the potter—that princely price they set on me.' So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
  • Matt 26:15 : 15 And said to them, What will you give me, and I will deliver him to you? And they agreed with him for thirty pieces of silver.
  • Matt 27:9 : 9 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;
  • Judg 8:22 : 22 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule over us, both you, and your son, and your grandson also: for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian.
  • Judg 8:24 : 24 And Gideon said to them, I would desire of you, that you would give me every man the earrings of his spoil. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
  • Ps 83:9 : 9 Do to them as to the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kishon:
  • Exod 2:16 : 16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and drew water and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
  • Num 25:15 : 15 And the name of the Midianite woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.
  • Num 25:17 : 17 Harass the Midianites, and strike them:
  • Num 31:2-3 : 2 Avenge the children of Israel on the Midianites; afterward you shall be gathered to your people. 3 And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves for war, and let them go against the Midianites to avenge the LORD on Midian.
  • Num 31:8-9 : 8 And they killed the kings of Midian, besides the rest of those who were slain; namely, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they killed with the sword. 9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, all their flocks, and all their goods.

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  • Gen 37:27
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    27Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brothers were content.

  • Gen 39:1
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    1And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hands of the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down there.

  • Gen 37:36
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    36And the Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.

  • Gen 37:23-25
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    23And it came to pass, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colors that was on him;

    24And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

    25And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

  • Ps 105:17
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    17He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold for a servant:

  • Gen 37:29
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    29And Reuben returned to the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he tore his clothes.

  • Gen 44:2
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    2And put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, along with his grain money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

  • Gen 45:4
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    4And Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

  • Josh 24:32
    74%

    32And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, they buried in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

  • Gen 42:3
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    3And Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.

  • Gen 43:15
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    15And the men took that gift, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

  • Acts 7:9
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    9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt, but God was with him,

  • Gen 37:20
    73%

    20Come now therefore, and let us kill him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast has devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

  • Gen 42:5-6
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    5And the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

    6And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was who sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brothers came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the ground.

  • Gen 37:31
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    31And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;

  • Gen 37:18
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    18And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.