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25 And they sat down to eat [a]a meal. Then they lifted up their eyes and saw, and behold, a caravan of (A)Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing [b](B)aromatic gum and [c](C)balm and [d]myrrh, going to bring them down to Egypt.

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  1. Genesis 37:25 Lit bread
  2. Genesis 37:25 Or ladanum spice
  3. Genesis 37:25 Or mastic
  4. Genesis 37:25 Or resinous bark

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

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

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

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