Genesis 37:25
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25 Then they sat down to eat. And looking up they saw a (A)caravan of (B)Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing (C)gum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt.
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Genesis 43:11
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11 Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry a present down to the man, a little (A)balm and a little honey, gum, myrrh, pistachio nuts, and almonds.
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Genesis 37:28
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28 Then (A)Midianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and (B)sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels[a] of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt.
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- Genesis 37:28 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
Jeremiah 8:22
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22 Is there no (A)balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
Why then has the health of the daughter of my people
not been restored?
Genesis 37:36
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36 Meanwhile (A)the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, (B)the captain of the guard.
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Genesis 16:11-12
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11 And the angel of the Lord said to her,
“Behold, you are pregnant
and shall bear a son.
You shall call his name Ishmael,[a]
(A)because the Lord has listened to your affliction.
12 He shall be (B)a wild donkey of a man,
his hand against everyone
and everyone's hand against him,
and he shall dwell (C)over against all his kinsmen.”
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- Genesis 16:11 Ishmael means God hears
Amos 6:6
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6 (A)who drink wine in bowls
and (B)anoint themselves with the finest oils,
but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!
Jeremiah 46:11
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11 (A)Go up to Gilead, and take (B)balm,
O virgin daughter of Egypt!
In vain you have used many medicines;
(C)there is no healing for you.
Proverbs 30:20
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20 This is the way of an adulteress:
she eats and wipes her mouth
and says, “I have done no wrong.”
Psalm 14:4
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4 Have they no (A)knowledge, all the evildoers
who (B)eat up my people as they eat bread
and (C)do not call upon the Lord?
Genesis 39:1
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Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
39 Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and (A)Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, (B)had bought him from the (C)Ishmaelites who had brought him down there.
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Genesis 31:23
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23 he took his kinsmen with him and pursued him for seven days and followed close after him into the hill country of Gilead.
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Genesis 25:16-18
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16 These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, (A)twelve princes according to their tribes. 17 (These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He (B)breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.) 18 (C)They settled from Havilah to (D)Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled[a] over against all his kinsmen.
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- Genesis 25:18 Hebrew fell
Genesis 25:1-4
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Abraham's Death and His Descendants
25 Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. 2 (A)She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. 4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
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Psalm 83:6
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Esther 3:15
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15 (A)The couriers went out hurriedly by order of the king, and the decree was issued in Susa the citadel. And the king and Haman sat down to drink, (B)but the city of Susa was thrown into confusion.
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Genesis 31:21
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21 He fled with all that he had and arose and crossed the (A)Euphrates,[a] and (B)set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.
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- Genesis 31:21 Hebrew the River
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