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Genesis 37:26-28
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26 Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? 27 Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let’s not lay a hand on him,[a] for after all, he is our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers agreed.[b] 28 So when the Midianite[c] merchants passed by, Joseph’s brothers pulled[d] him[e] out of the cistern and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites[f] then took Joseph to Egypt.

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  1. Genesis 37:27 tn Heb “let not our hand be upon him.”
  2. Genesis 37:27 tn Heb “listened.”
  3. Genesis 37:28 sn On the close relationship between Ishmaelites (v. 25) and Midianites, see Judg 8:24.
  4. Genesis 37:28 tn Heb “they drew and they lifted up.” The referent (Joseph’s brothers) has been specified in the translation for clarity; otherwise the reader might assume the Midianites had pulled Joseph from the cistern (but cf. NAB).
  5. Genesis 37:28 tn Heb “Joseph” (both here and in the following clause); the proper name has been replaced both times by the pronoun “him” in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  6. Genesis 37:28 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Ishmaelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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