Genesis 37:25
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25 Then, just as they were sitting down to eat, they looked up and saw a caravan of camels in the distance coming toward them. It was a group of Ishmaelite traders taking a load of gum, balm, and aromatic resin from Gilead down to Egypt.
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Genesis 43:11
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11 So their father, Jacob, finally said to them, “If it can’t be avoided, then at least do this. Pack your bags with the best products of this land. Take them down to the man as gifts—balm, honey, gum, aromatic resin, pistachio nuts, and almonds.
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Genesis 37:28
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28 So when the Ishmaelites, who were Midianite traders, came by, Joseph’s brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to them for twenty pieces[a] of silver. And the traders took him to Egypt.
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- 37:28 Hebrew 20 [shekels], about 8 ounces or 228 grams in weight.
Jeremiah 8:22
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22 Is there no medicine in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
Why is there no healing
for the wounds of my people?
Genesis 37:36
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36 Meanwhile, the Midianite traders[a] arrived in Egypt, where they sold Joseph to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Potiphar was captain of the palace guard.
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Genesis 16:11-12
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11 And the angel also said, “You are now pregnant and will give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael (which means ‘God hears’), for the Lord has heard your cry of distress. 12 This son of yours will be a wild man, as untamed as a wild donkey! He will raise his fist against everyone, and everyone will be against him. Yes, he will live in open hostility against all his relatives.”
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Amos 6:6
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6 You drink wine by the bowlful
and perfume yourselves with fragrant lotions.
You care nothing about the ruin of your nation.[a]
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- 6:6 Hebrew of Joseph.
Jeremiah 46:11
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11 “Go up to Gilead to get medicine,
O virgin daughter of Egypt!
But your many treatments
will bring you no healing.
Proverbs 30:20
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20 An adulterous woman consumes a man,
then wipes her mouth and says, “What’s wrong with that?”
Psalm 14:4
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4 Will those who do evil never learn?
They eat up my people like bread
and wouldn’t think of praying to the Lord.
Genesis 39:1
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Joseph in Potiphar’s House
39 When Joseph was taken to Egypt by the Ishmaelite traders, he was purchased by Potiphar, an Egyptian officer. Potiphar was captain of the guard for Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.
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Genesis 31:23
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23 So he gathered a group of his relatives and set out in hot pursuit. He caught up with Jacob seven days later in the hill country of Gilead.
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Genesis 25:16-18
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16 These twelve sons of Ishmael became the founders of twelve tribes named after them, listed according to the places they settled and camped. 17 Ishmael lived for 137 years. Then he breathed his last and joined his ancestors in death. 18 Ishmael’s descendants occupied the region from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt in the direction of Asshur. There they lived in open hostility toward all their relatives.[a]
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- 25:18 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
Genesis 25:1-4
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The Death of Abraham
25 Abraham married another wife, whose name was Keturah. 2 She gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. Dedan’s descendants were the Asshurites, Letushites, and Leummites. 4 Midian’s sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. These were all descendants of Abraham through Keturah.
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Psalm 83:6
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6 these Edomites and Ishmaelites;
Moabites and Hagrites;
Esther 3:15
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15 At the king’s command, the decree went out by swift messengers, and it was also proclaimed in the fortress of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa fell into confusion.
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Genesis 31:21
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21 So Jacob took all his possessions with him and crossed the Euphrates River,[a] heading for the hill country of Gilead.
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- 31:21 Hebrew the river.
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