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Then Midianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt.

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highlighted Genesis 37:27 ESV

Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh." And his brothers listened to him.

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highlighted Genesis 37:26 ESV

Then Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?

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highlighted Genesis 37:25 ESV

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

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highlighted Genesis 37:24 ESV

And they took him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.

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highlighted Genesis 37:23 ESV

So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the robe of many colors that he wore.

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highlighted Genesis 37:22 ESV

And Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him"—that he might rescue him out of their hand to restore him to his father.

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highlighted Genesis 37:21 ESV

But when Reuben heard it, he rescued him out of their hands, saying, "Let us not take his life."

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highlighted Genesis 37:20 ESV

Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. Then we will say that a fierce animal has devoured him, and we will see what will become of his dreams."

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highlighted Genesis 37:19 ESV

They said to one another, "Here comes this dreamer.

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highlighted Genesis 37:18 ESV

They saw him from afar, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him.

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highlighted Genesis 37:17 ESV

And the man said, "They have gone away, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

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highlighted Genesis 37:16 ESV

"I am seeking my brothers," he said. "Tell me, please, where they are pasturing the flock."

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highlighted Genesis 37:15 ESV

And a man found him wandering in the fields. And the man asked him, "What are you seeking?"

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highlighted Genesis 37:14 ESV

So he said to him, "Go now, see if it is well with your brothers and with the flock, and bring me word." So he sent him from the Valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

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highlighted Genesis 37:13 ESV

And Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them." And he said to him, "Here I am."

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highlighted Genesis 37:12 ESV

Now his brothers went to pasture their father's flock near Shechem.

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highlighted Genesis 37:11 ESV

And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.

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But when he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him and said to him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves to the ground before you?"

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highlighted Genesis 37:9 ESV

Then he dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers and said, "Behold, I have dreamed another dream. Behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me."

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