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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: Hi Steve, I'm sorry you didn't think that it was wise of me to ask a question to which I thought I had an answer; but I'm not so puffed up as to think I know for certain what was in the mind of God in his plan for Joseph's brothers. You said, in effect, that you didn't think the answer was in scripture, but how was I to know that no one else on the forum had a better answer than mine. Of course nobody else volunteered one, probably because they wanted to see if you approved of the question first, since you seem to be the interpreter of the terms and conditions. I think my question was dealt with in an expository manner right through the story of Joseph. So since you seem to agree - in effect - that I did have an answer to a question that was not being answered, how can you say that no wisdom was contributed to the "expository repository" by the question's having been asked. Maybe I should apologize for taking up space lionizing J. Vernon McGee, since everybody apparently already knows what a man of God he was; and all agree, I'm sure, that age did not keep him from sanctified scriptural speculation. I'm 72, but I hope I'm never so old that the Word of God doesn't stimulate my thought processes. Sorry, I guess this could be construed as "group discussion". You know though, I seem to remember a question or two that Jesus asked to which I'm quite sure you will agree he knew the answers. I refrain from discussing those now in deference. Restate |