25 Then they sat down to eat [a]a meal. But as they raised their eyes and looked, behold, a caravan of (A)Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels carrying (B)labdanum resin, (C)balsam, and [b]myrrh, [c]on their way to bring them down to Egypt.

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  1. Genesis 37:25 Lit bread
  2. Genesis 37:25 Or resinous bark
  3. Genesis 37:25 Lit going

25 As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites(A) coming from Gilead.(B) Their camels were loaded with spices, balm(C) and myrrh,(D) and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt.(E)

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

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  1. Genesis 37:28 Lit Joseph
  2. Genesis 37:28 About 10 oz. or 280 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

17 He (A)sent a man before them,
Joseph, who was (B)sold as a slave.

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17 and he sent a man before them—
    Joseph, sold as a slave.(A)

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