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23 Now when Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his tunic, the [distinctive] [a]multicolored tunic which he was wearing; 24 then they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty; there was no water in it.

25 Then they sat down to eat their meal. When they looked up, they saw a caravan of [b]Ishmaelites coming from Gilead [east of the Jordan], with their camels bearing ladanum resin [for perfume] and balm and [c]myrrh, going on their way to carry the cargo down to Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 37:23 See note v 3.
  2. Genesis 37:25 Descendants of Abraham and Hagar (Sarah’s maid, 16:15).
  3. Genesis 37:25 A valuable tree resin.

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