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28 Then some (A)Midianite traders passed by, so they pulled him up and lifted Joseph out of the pit and (B)sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for [a]twenty shekels of silver. Thus (C)they brought Joseph into Egypt.

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  1. Genesis 37:28 Approx. 8 oz. or 220 gm, a shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm

28 So when the Midianite(A) merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern(B) and sold(C) him for twenty shekels[a] of silver(D) to the Ishmaelites,(E) who took him to Egypt.(F)

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  1. Genesis 37:28 That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams

36 Meanwhile, the [a]Midianites (A)sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, Pharaoh’s officer, the captain of the bodyguard.

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  1. Genesis 37:36 Lit Medanites

36 Meanwhile, the Midianites[a](A) sold Joseph(B) in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard.(C)

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  1. Genesis 37:36 Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac (see also verse 28); Masoretic Text Medanites

“And the patriarchs, (A)becoming jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. Yet God was with him,

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“Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph,(A) they sold him as a slave into Egypt.(B) But God was with him(C)

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