25 Then they sat down to eat. And looking up they saw a (A)caravan of (B)Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing (C)gum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt.

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28 Then (A)Midianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and (B)sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels[a] of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 37:28 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams

36 Meanwhile (A)the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, (B)the captain of the guard.

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Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

39 Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and (A)Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, (B)had bought him from the (C)Ishmaelites who had brought him down there.

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