Genesis 37:27

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let’s not lay a hand on him, for after all, he is our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers agreed.

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  • Gen 42:21 : 21 They said to one another,“Surely we’re being punished because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!”
  • 1 Sam 18:17 : 17 Then Saul said to David,“Here’s my oldest daughter, Merab. I want to give her to you in marriage. Only be a brave warrior for me and fight the battles of the LORD.”For Saul thought,“There’s no need for me to raise my hand against him. Let it be the hand of the Philistines!”
  • 2 Sam 11:14-17 : 14 In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah. 15 In the letter he wrote:“Station Uriah at the front in the thick of the battle and then withdraw from him so he will be cut down and killed.” 16 So as Joab kept watch on the city, he stationed Uriah at the place where he knew the best enemy soldiers were. 17 When the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, some of David’s soldiers fell in battle. Uriah the Hittite also died.
  • 2 Sam 12:9 : 9 Why have you shown contempt for the LORD’s decrees by doing evil in my sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and you have taken his wife to be your own wife! You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.
  • Neh 5:8 : 8 I said to them,“To the extent possible we have bought back our fellow Jews who had been sold to the Gentiles. But now you yourselves want to sell your own countrymen, so that we can then buy them back!” They were utterly silent, and could find nothing to say.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
  • Matt 26:15 : 15 and said,“What will you give me to betray him into your hands?” So they set out thirty silver coins for him.
  • 1 Tim 1:10 : 10 sexually immoral people, practicing homosexuals, kidnappers, liars, perjurers– in fact, for any who live contrary to sound teaching.
  • Rev 18:13 : 13 cinnamon, spice, incense, perfumed ointment, frankincense, wine, olive oil and costly flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and four-wheeled carriages, slaves and human lives.
  • Exod 21:16 : 16 “Whoever kidnaps someone and sells him, or is caught still holding him, must surely be put to death.
  • Exod 21:21 : 21 However, if the injured servant survives one or two days, the owner will not be punished, for he has suffered the loss.
  • Gen 29:14 : 14 Then Laban said to him,“You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” So Jacob stayed with him for a month.
  • Gen 37:22 : 22 Reuben continued,“Don’t shed blood! Throw him into this cistern that is here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.”(Reuben said this so he could rescue Joseph from them and take him back to his father.)

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  • Gen 37:25-26
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    25When they sat down to eat their food, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh down to Egypt.

    26Then Judah said to his brothers,“What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

  • Gen 37:28
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    28So when the Midianite merchants passed by, Joseph’s brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites then took Joseph to Egypt.

  • Gen 45:4-5
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    4Joseph said to his brothers,“Come closer to me,” so they came near. Then he said,“I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

    5Now, do not be upset and do not be angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of you to preserve life!

  • Gen 37:20-23
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    20Come now, let’s kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild animal ate him. Then we’ll see how his dreams turn out!”

    21When Reuben heard this, he rescued Joseph from their hands, saying,“Let’s not take his life!”

    22Reuben continued,“Don’t shed blood! Throw him into this cistern that is here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.”(Reuben said this so he could rescue Joseph from them and take him back to his father.)

    23When Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his tunic, the special tunic that he wore.

  • Gen 42:21
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    21They said to one another,“Surely we’re being punished because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!”

  • Gen 43:7
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    7They replied,“The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying,‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say,‘Bring your brother down’?”

  • Gen 37:12
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    12When his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,

  • Gen 37:18
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    18Now Joseph’s brothers saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

  • Gen 42:7
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    7When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked,“Where do you come from?” They answered,“From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.”

  • Gen 42:34
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    34But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.’”

  • Gen 37:31-32
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    31So they took Joseph’s tunic, killed a young goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood.

    32Then they brought the special tunic to their father and said,“We found this. Determine now whether it is your son’s tunic or not.”

  • Gen 43:4
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    4If you send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy food for you.

  • Gen 42:3
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    3So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

  • Gen 50:17
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    17‘Tell Joseph this: Please forgive the sin of your brothers and the wrong they did when they treated you so badly.’ Now please forgive the sin of the servants of the God of your father.” When this message was reported to him, Joseph wept.