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NASB | Genesis 37:28 Then some Midianite traders passed by, so they pulled him up and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. Thus they brought Joseph into Egypt. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 37:28 Then as the Midianite [and Ishmaelite] traders were passing by, the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and they sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. And so they took Joseph [as a captive] into Egypt. |
Subject: Why sold? Why not kidnapped? |
Bible Note: Amen Steve, Scripture does not say directly, but Proverbs 25:2 says: "It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter." And are we not kings and priests in the kingdom of Christ, ministers to one another in thought and word as the Lord illumines us and scripture interprets scripture? I think Joseph's brothers were brought to a place of repentance through the enormity of their betrayal and were forgiven and made humbly worthy to be the patriarchs of the nation Israel. Restate Restate |