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.

²⁸ So when the Midianite^(J) merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern^(K) and sold^(L) him for twenty shekels^[a] of silver^(M) to the Ishmaelites,^(N) who took him to Egypt.^(O)

¹⁴ Joseph was still in the house^(A) when Judah^(B) and his brothers came in, and they threw themselves to the ground before him.^{(C) 15} Joseph said to them, “What is this you have done?^(D) Don’t you know that a man like me can find things out by divination?^(E)”

¹⁶ “What can we say to my lord?^(F)” Judah^(G) replied. “What can we say? How can we prove our innocence?^(H) God has uncovered your servants’^(I) guilt. We are now my lord’s slaves^(J)—we ourselves and the one who was found to have the cup.^(K)”

¹⁷ But Joseph said, “Far be it from me to do such a thing!^(L) Only the man who was found to have the cup will become my slave.^(M) The rest of you, go back to your father in peace.”^(N)

¹⁸ Then Judah^(O) went up to him and said: “Pardon your servant, my lord,^(P) let me speak a word to my lord. Do not be angry^(Q) with your servant, though you are equal to Pharaoh himself.

²⁸ Now Jacob sent Judah^(A) ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen.^(B) When they arrived in the region of Goshen,