Genesis 45:3 References
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Then Joseph said to his brothers, "aI am Joseph! bIs my father still alive?" But his brothers could not answer him, for cthey were dismayed at his presence.
c Genesis 37:20-28, Genesis 42:21, Genesis 42:22
Genesis 37
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"Now then, come and let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; and awe will say, 'A wild beast devoured him.' Then let us see what will become of his dreams!"
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Reuben further said to them, "Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but do not lay hands on him"--that he might rescue him out of their hands, to restore him to his father.
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So it came about, when Joseph reached his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the varicolored tunic that was on him;
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and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, without any water in it.
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Then they sat down to eat a meal. And as they raised their eyes and looked, behold, a caravan of aIshmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing baromatic gum and cbalm and myrrh, on their way to bring them down to Egypt.
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Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it for us to kill our brother and acover up his blood?
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"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.
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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.
Genesis 42
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Then they said to one another, "aTruly we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us, yet we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon us."