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"For aI was in fact kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing that they should have put me into the dungeon."
a
Genesis 37:26-28
Genesis 37
26
Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it for us to kill our brother and acover up his blood?
27
"aCome and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh." And his brothers listened to him.
28
Then some aMidianite traders passed by, so they pulled him up and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and bsold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. Thus cthey brought Joseph into Egypt.