Genesis 37:26

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Genesis 37:24–28 · Berean Standard Bible

24 and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.

25 And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.

26 Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

27 Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.

28 So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

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Cross-references

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Genesis 25:32

“Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”

Psalms 30:9

“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?

Jeremiah 41:8

But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others.

Matthew 16:26

What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

Romans 6:21

What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.

Genesis 37:20

“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”

Genesis 4:10

“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.

Deuteronomy 17:8

If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.

2 Samuel 1:16

For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”

Job 16:18

O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.

Ezekiel 24:7

For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.