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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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 37:28 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams

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