Genesis 37:27
Genesis chapter 37 · verse 27 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened unto him.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened unto him.
Context
v.26And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?
v.27This passage
v.28And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 21:21
Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
- Genesis 29:14
And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
- 2 Samuel 11:14
And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
- 2 Samuel 12:9
Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do that which is evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
- Exodus 21:16
And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
- Matthew 26:15
and said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they weighed unto him thirty pieces of silver.