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)

²⁶ Judah^(F) said to his brothers, “What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?^{(G) 27} Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother,^(H) our own flesh and blood.^(I)” His brothers agreed.