Genesis 37:26-28

The Voice

Judah (to his brothers): ²⁶What profit will it be for us if we just kill our brother and conceal the crime? ²⁷Come on, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites instead. We won’t have to lay a hand on him then. He is, after all, our brother, our own flesh and blood.

All of the brothers agreed. ²⁸As the Midianite traders were passing by, they brought Joseph up out of the pit and sold him to the Ishmaelites for about eight ounces of silver, the usual price of young male slaves. The traders set off with Joseph in the direction of Egypt.

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